biodiverse
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- adjective
- /ˌbaɪoʊdɪˈvɜrs/
- The point is, a forest ecosystem is biodiverse.
- biodiverse habitats
- biodiverse areas
- the most biodiverse
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Watch on YouTubeBecause let's say, for example, you go into a really biodiverse area in the tropics.
- Because let's say, for example, you go into a really biodiverse area in the tropics.
- And so it turns out that fire is actually the factor that causes these more mosaic type forests, these more biodiverse thriving forest systems.
- That's that is more biodiverse than a monocrop desertifying farm, but it's not biodiversity writ large.
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Scientists are concerned about the loss of biodiverse habitats due to climate change.
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It's home to one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet.
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Much of the area is relatively unexplored and is probably far more biodiverse than yet believed.
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It is also the most biodiverse site east of the Mississippi and maybe in the whole of the continental United States.
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The land where these two rivers meet is one of Brazil's most richly biodiverse regions and a magnet for human settlement.
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Sabah, once home to some of the world's most biodiverse forests, was largely logged out during the 1980s and 1990s, but some parts of the state still support wild populations of endangered orangutans.
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In December 1994, Wirth helped launch a new International Coral Reef Initiative to protect the biodiverse ecosystems of coral reefs, mangrove forests, and seagrass beds.
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The Amazon rainforest is known for being one of the most biodiverse areas in the world.
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Conserving biodiverse ecosystems is crucial for maintaining the balance of nature.
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Etymology
Biodiverse comes from the parts bio- meaning 'life' as in biology, and diverse meaning 'different'. Think of a coral reef or forest with many kinds of plants and animals, so a biodiverse place has a large variety of living things.