Biocultural Diversity Working Group

Biocultural diversity:Biocultural diversity comprises the diversity of life in all of its manifestations: biological, cultural, and linguistic, which are interrelated (and possibly coevolved) within a complex socio-ecological adaptive system. The above definition comprises the following key elements:

1. The diversity of life is made up not only of the diversity of plants and animal species, habitats, and ecosystems found on the planet, but also of the diversity of human cultures and languages.
2. These diversities do not exist in separate and parallel realms, but rather they interact with and affect one another in complex ways.
3. The links among these diversities have developed over time through mutual adaptation between humans and the environment at the local level, possibly of a coevolutionary nature.
   
   (Luisa Maffi, Director of Terralingua, in Biocultural Diversity and Sustainability

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