Nanotechnology and Biodiversity

This chapter addresses the questions raised by the use of nanotechnology that may influence biodiversity. There are various definitions of biodiversity, and this chapter will use that of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) which is, "the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part; this includes diversity within species and of ecosystems." There can be variations within genes, species and ecosystems.