Biodiversity

Biodiversity means the variety of life around us - it includes diversity within species, between species and among species. People as well as business are dependent on natural resources. Biodiversity is important for human welfare. Safeguarding biodiversity gives us future options for as yet unknown, unutilized resources. It offers variety for tomorrow's needs.

Biodiversity can be divided into three different levels: habitat, species and genetic. The biodiversity on our planet is the outcome of over 3.5 billion years of evolutionary history. Biodiversity is constantly changing due to the influence of natural processes and the impact of humans.

Biodiversity is part of sustainable forestry

Safeguarding biodiversity is a key part of sustainable forest management and one of the key agreements adopted at the Rio World summit in 1992 was the Convention on Biological Diversity. This pact sets out commitments for the conservation of biological diversity which are implemented by governments, landowners and companies like UPM through national biodiversity strategies and action plans. This makes biodiversity a key part of sustainable forest management.

  
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