Biodiversidad

Biodiversity or biological diversity is, according to the International Convention on Biological Diversity, the term by which refers to the wide variety of life on Earth and the natural patterns thatform, the result of billions of years of evolution natural processes as well as the increasing influence of human activities. Biodiversity also includes the variety of ecosystems and geneticdifferences within each species that allow the combination of multiple forms of life, and whose mutual interactions with the rest of the environment based on sustaining life on the planet .The Earth Summitheld by the UN in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 recognized the global need to reconcile the future preservation of biodiversity with human progress as sustainability or sustainability criteria promulgated bythe International Convention on Biological Diversity, which was adopted in Nairobi on May 22, 1992, later date declared by the UN General Assembly as the International Day of Biodiversity. With thesame intention, the year 2010 was declared the International Year of Biodiversity by the 61st session of the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2006, coinciding with the date of the 2010Biodiversity Target .Our country is a mythological place, blessed by nature .It is a paradise for biologists because it is one of the few places in the world where you can still find new species of flora andfauna. This is unthinkable in other Spanish-speaking countries such as Cuba and Spain, which have already been fully explored. Colombia was once known for its natural treasures as El Dorado, a legendwho forged the history of America. For 300 years it was the largest exporter of gold in the world, brought to Europe from bankruptcy and hunger calmed whipping that continent very small and crowded,which had already exhausted most of the wildlife resources.
Biodiversity refers to the variety of species plants, animals and other life forms present in the Planet. This biodiversity includes not...