Biodiversity Conservation:
From Ecosystem to the Ecosystem Approach¹

V. N. Bol’shakov^a, A. A. Lushchekina^b, and V. M. Neronov^b

^aInstitute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division, Russian Academy of Sciences,
ul. Vos’mogo Marta 202, Yekaterinburg, 620144 Russia

^bSevertsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow, 117071 Russia

Received August 8, 2008

Abstract—The possibility of implementing 12 principles of the ecosystem approach is considered with regard
to the results of meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and
recent international forums. The importance of these principles for achieving the main goals of the CBD is
shown, and the role of biosphere reserves in solving urgent problems of biodiversity conservation and sustain-
able development in adjoining territories of subjects of the Russian Federation is discussed.

DOI: 10.1134/S1067413609020015

Key words: Convention on Biological Diversity, ecosystem approach, principles and conditions of implemen-
tation, biosphere reserve.

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