生物多样性科学前沿

由国际生物科学联盟（ＩＵＢＳ）在１９９１年首先提出，至今已由其它５个重要国际组织或项目（ＳＣＯＰＥ、ＵＮＥＳＣＯ，ＩＣＳＵ，ＩＧＢＰ－ＧＣＴＥ及ＩＵＭＳ）共同主持的ＤＩＶＥＲＳＩＴＡＳ是迄今生物多样性科学研究唯一的国际性项目。１９９６年７月，科学指导委员会草拟了本阶段新的操作计划，并于同年８月在ＩＵＢＳ执行委员会上讨论。操作计划详述了１０个组成方面的内容，其中５个为核心组成部分，其它５个为特别目标

FRONTIERS IN BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE

DIVERSITAS is the only international programme of biodiversity science to date,which was derived from the biodiversity programme of the International Union of Biological Science(IUBS)in 1991.Currently,the partners co sponsoring DIVERSITAS are IUBS ,the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment(SCOPE),the United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO),the International Union of Microbiological Societies(IUMS),the International Council of Scientific Unions(ICSU),and the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme through its core project on Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems(IGBP/GCTE).An operational plan has been prepared by the Scientific Steering Committes of DIVERSITAS in July 1966,and was discussed on the Execuitive Coummittee of the IUBS in August,1996.The detailed contents of ten Programme Elements were described on the operational plan.Five of these are the core Programme Elements which represent the central parts of the DIVERSITAS research effort.Information on the origins,maintenance and change of biodiversity,on systematics,inventorying and classification,and the monitoring of biodiversity contribute to the understanding of ecosystem functioning and its interaction with biodiversity,which in its turn is basic for supporting the conservation,restoration and sustainable use of biodiversity.The other five Special Target Areas of Research(STARs)are soil and sediment biodiversity,marine biodiversity,microbial biodiversity,freshwater biodiversity and the human dimensions of biodiversity,which are basically cross cutting themes among the core Programme Elements and focus on problems of special concern within biodiversity science,but often neglected or receive only limited attention. The flexibility of the DIVERSITAS Programme,the scientific information provided by its Elements,as well as the international nuture of the DIVERSITAS agenda,all contribute to the programmatic needs of the parties to Convention on Biological Diversity as stated in its Articles.Three aspects have to be considered for biodiversity studies in next five years plans.they are the correct guiding ideology,selecting the priority areas with representative according to the state of our country and joining to international programmes,such as Species 2000.