Subject: G7-- list of biodiversity attributes --CONTROLLED VOCABULARY
From:    Gary Waggoner at NBS-TTC
Date:    9/18/96  12:17 PM

     CONTROLLED VOCABULARY -- FYI
     
     Here are some biodiversity terms which come from the International 
     Biodiversity Convention that should be part of a controlled vocabulary 
     effort.  Although the US has not ratified that convention, these are
terms 
     that will likely be defined and used by the international community in 
     dealing with biodiversity.  I'm pretty sure that the "standard thesauri"

     referred to are Info-Terra, the EEA Environmental Thesaurus and the FAO 
     AGROVOC.
     
     Gary


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Subject: list of biodiversity attributes
Author:  bfn.ina.vilm@t-online.de (BfN-INA-Insel Vilm) at
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Date:    9/9/96 4:25 PM


Sept. 9, 96
     
From: R. Specht, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Germany
     
CC: Members of the G7-ENRM Topic Working Group Biodiversity
(M. Cantwell, I. Crain, D. Fauraz & L. Bougeard, H. Freiberg, M. Koarai, H. 
Koeppel, P. Ruch, T. Schuetz, K. Tanaka, G. Waggoner)
     
Dear Joseph, 
     
here's a list which I compiled of attributes on biodiversity - the
"catchwords" 
that frequently appear in the text of the biodiversity convention itself as 
well 
     
as in related papers. A lot of them do not appear in the "standard" thesauri.

     
Although I've tried to group the terms in a certain logical order, this is by
no
     
means a complete and perfect list. I wonder if it suits our purposes to
provide 
a crude terminological framework for biodiversity-related information. 
Maybe we could discuss this in our G7 Topic Working Group. One idea would be
to 
incorporate it into one of the existing thesauri, e.g.the one Mark sent to
you 
a 
     
short while ago. 
     
Here's the list:
     
biodiversity/biological diversity
components of biological diversity
species diversity
genetic diversity
ecosystem diversity
ecosystem
habitat
     
in-situ conservation
protected areas
management
ecosystem protection
ecosystem rehabilitation/restoration 
threatened species
introduction of alien species
community-based conservation
conservation legislation
     
ex-situ conservation
gene banks
germ plasm collections
domesticated or cultivated species
farmers' rights
     
genetic material
genetic resources
access to genetic resources
prior informed consent
benefit sharing
access legislation
country of origin of genetic resources 
country providing genetic resources
     
intellectual property rights
patents
     
sustainable use of biodiversity
biodiversity prospecting
biological resources
biotechnology 
     
genetically modified organisms
biosafety
     
biodiversity monitoring
biodiversity identification
     
capacity building
research and training
public education
awareness
financial mechanisms
technical and scientific cooperation 
exchange of information
legislation
research and development
research cooperation
biodiversity research
     
impact assessment
minimizing adverse impacts
     
clearing-house mechanism
access to technology
transfer of technology (technology transfer)
     
indigenous and local communities 
indigenous and local populations
customary use of biological diversity 
indigenous and traditional technologies 
private sector
     
national strategy
national report
Conference of the Parties (COP)
Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
     
I'm looking forward to hearing your and the group's comments. 
Best wishes,
     
Rudy