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BACKGROUND AND MISSION
Argentina
is characterised by its geographical, biological and cultural heterogeneity.
This legacy is actually under threat, due to the continuous deterioration
of the country's various ecosystems. Sustainable development is
viewed as the most viable alternative to revert this trend. Indeed,
sustainable use involves development - to meet the needs of present
generations - but in a way and at a rate that will not threaten
the needs of future generations.
This
approach places man as a fundamental and central component of the
ecosystem and as such, as the beneficiary of all political, scientific
and technological efforts in the field of nature conservation. Fundación
Biodiversidad has adopted this sustainable development approach
when conceiving its research programmes, in the belief that Argentina
is in an excellent position to conciliate legitimate socio-economic
interests with environmental concerns.
Fundación
Biodiversidad has therefore proposed the following strategic aims:
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To carry out studies on the different ecosystems in the country;
and
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To develop alternatives of resource utilisation, within the limits
of their intrinsic capacities
These
strategies also aim at integrating sustainable development into
a broader context, by incorporating human inhabitants directly related
to those ecosystems into the process.
One
of the primary missions of Fundación Biodiversidad is related
with collecting information and developing technologies that will
help to promote rational utilisation and management of natural resources.
The
members of Fundación Biodiversidad are qualified professionals
and conservationists, with a wide scope of knowledge and expertise,
who have focused their work in:
- Scientific
and technological research policies in Argentina and the rest
of countries in the southern hemisphere that share similar ecosystems
- Surveys
and inventories of natural resources of different ecosystems with
the aim of assessing potential productivity
- Scientific
and technological research and communication of results obtained
- Transfer
of appropriate technologies for productive and sustainable use
of natural resources, aimed at enhancing the life quality of human
populations closely linked to those resources
- Research
activities linked to universities and other public and private
institutions
- Elaboration
of legal instruments for natural resource utilisation, in the
framework of sustainable use policies
On
the other hand, the Foundation hopes to gain national and international
recognition in matters related to international environmental treaties
and conventions.
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