CBD GUIDELINES The Ecosystem Approach 2004

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Convention on Biological Diversity Cartagena Documents

CBD GUIDELINES The Ecosystem Approach 2004. The ecosystem approach is based on the application of appropriate scientific methodologies focused on levels of biological organization, which encompass
the essential structure, processes, functions and interactions among organisms and their environment. It also recognizes that humans, with their cultural diversity, are an integral component of many ecosystems. The ecosystem approach is essential in guiding action under the various programmes of work of the
Convention, and in providing linkages between those programmes of work. After all, all biomes, and thus programmes of work, are interconnected in some way, and management action will likely have limited success if these connections are not taken into account.