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What is meant by bio-diversity?

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Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems.
Simply, biodiversity refers to the amount of diversity between different plants, animals and other species in a given habitat at a particular time.


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