Encyclopedia of Environmental Science Vol 3

Biodiversity and Ecological Assessments examines various aspects of biodiversity including an extensive historical overview of biodiversity. With increasing human intervention in nature and surroundings, biodiversity assessment is the need of hour and every effort should be made in order to tackle the situation in a sustainable manner. It includes definitions of biodiversity, importance of biodiversity and factors affecting biodiversity along with ecological assessment and related issues. The following text provides the reader with insights into the development of its history, so as to understand the ecological processes and ecological assessment.