Biodiversity A Global Outlook
About this Digest on Biodiversity
1. Source for this Digest
An attractive PDF version of the Level 1 summary
(6 pages, 0.85 MB)
The material content of the texts on Level 3 is directly sourced from
The Levels 1 & 2 were written by the GreenFacts editorial team.
2. Current Status
Approved for publication by the GreenFacts Scientific Board.
3. Digest Publication History
The GreenFacts publication process is designed to ensure as high a degree of objectivity as possible.
First draft
The first draft of this study was produced by the GreenFacts Editorial Team on 2 March 2007.
Second draft
The second draft of this study was produced on 20 March 2007 by the GreenFacts Editorial Team.
Preliminary and Peer review
The final draft of this study was produced in April 2007 by GreenFacts after peer review by four independent scientists selected by the GreenFacts Scientific Board (see our 
These reviewers included for instance:
- Dr David Cooper - Scientific Technical and Technological Matters Officer, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
- Robert Hoft - Environmental Affairs Officer, Scientific Assessment Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
- Dr. Jeffrey McNeely - Chief Scientist, IUCN-The World Conservation Union
- Marianne Schlesser - Assistant to CBD National Focal Point, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Final corrections were added under the supervision of the GreenFacts Scientific Board in May 2007.
Publication
Final publication was authorized by the President of the GreenFacts Scientific Board on 21 May 2007.
Press Release
21 May 2007: GreenFacts launches biodiversity Digest
Updates or subsequent post-publication revisions
No update or revision at present.
Partners for this publication
The Levels 1 & 2 are summaries written by GreenFacts with financial support from
the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and in partnership with IUCN,
UNEP-WCMC, and Countdown 2010.
