Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka: Biodiversity as a unit in GCE Advanced Level curriculum

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Biodiversity as a unit in GCE Advanced Level curriculum

Biodiversity has been introduced as a separate course unit for Biology subject for GCE AL curriculum.
This was a replacement for Plant and Animal diversity in the earlier curricula of Botany and Zoology.
This unit focuses on the following topics:
What is Biodiversity
Classification and Nomenclature
Why study biodiversity?
Evolution of biodiversity
Extinction of biodiversity
Conservation of biodiversity (in-situ and ex-situ conservation)
Role of taxonomists

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(a) To promote and advance the Science of Biology and its application in Sri Lanka.
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