What is megadiversity?

“… means the variability among living organisms from all sources, including inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part: this includes diversity within each species, between species and of ecosystems”.

Convention on Biological Diversity, Rio, 1992.

“Variability of living organisms from allsources, including inter alia, terrestrial and marine ecosystems and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part: it includes diversity within each species, between species and of ecosystems”.

Guiding Plan for Nature Protection Areas. Peru. 1999.