Research Group “Plant Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainability” (CBVS)

Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia

The Research Group on Plant Biodiversity and Sustainability (CBVS) works on the concept of Biodiversity following the definition of the term presented in the CBD (Convention about Biological Diversity), in Legislative Decree no. 2, of 06/06/1992, ie including species diversity, between species and within species (genetic diversity), as well as the diversity of ecosystems and ecological processes in which species interact. The CBVS also recognizes that Biodiversity is not static, represented by its components, but, rather, dynamic in its ecological and evolutionary processes of permanent generation of change. Thus, the process element of Biodiversity inherent to its biological attributes is also present in the understanding of the meaning of Biodiversity. In addition to the biological understanding, the CBVS understands that Biodiversity is also a cultural and social construction.