Watershed Landcare | Catchment Corner

By Watershed Landcare
September 7 2018 - 6:30am
What is biodiversity anyway: 84 per cent of plant species are unique to Australia.
What is biodiversity anyway: 84 per cent of plant species are unique to Australia.

Although in common use today, the origin of the term is relatively recent.  Wildlife scientist and conservationist Raymond F. Dasmann, first used 'biological diversity' in his 1968 book but it was only in the 1980s that it came into common use in science and environmental policy. The term's contracted form 'biodiversity' first appeared in publication in the late 80's and since then has achieved widespread usage.

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