Objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity Background and origins of the Convention. Biological diversity or biodiversity is the variety of life in all its forms on the earth, and the diverse kinds of habitats in which all these plants and animals live together.
Biodiversity includes genetic diversity, species diversity and ecosystem diversity.
Ecosystem diversity is the different types of places or habitats, like swamps, reefs, savannas, tropical forests, deserts that exist . Although we identify ecosystems by these simple names, each one is a series of complex relationships between the plant and animal life and the climate and physical surroundings of the particular area or region. Species diversity is the differences between living things that make them distinct from each other. A dog is different from a fish, which is different from a beetle. Species diversity, allows us to identify distinct life forms that we call species.