An Advisory Council composed of leaders in fields related to conservation and biodiversity sciences reviews the general work plan of the Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, provides feedback, and recommends new lines of investigation.

• Edward O. Wilson (chair)
  Pellgrino University, Research Professor, Harvard University
  
  
• Thomas Lovejoy
  The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment
  
  
• Melanie L. J. Stiassny
  Axelrod Research Curatrix, Department of Ichthyology, American Museum of Natural History
  
  
• Robert Costanza
  School of Natural Resources, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont
  
  
• Jorge Soberón Mainero
  Executive Secretary, National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO), Mexico
  
  

• Edward O. Wilson (chair)
  Pellgrino University, Research Professor, Harvard University
  
  
• Thomas Lovejoy
  The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment
  
  
• Stuart Pimm
  Doris Duke Chair of Conservation Ecology, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University
  
  
• Michael Batisse
  Senior Environmental Advisor, UNESCO
  
  
• Melanie L. J. Stiassny
  Axelrod Research Curatrix, Department of Ichthyology, American Museum of Natural History
  
  

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Hotspots Revisited Available Online. Hotspots Revisited details the state of the earth's biodiversity hotspots. The book identifies 34 regions that cover only 2.3 percent of the Earth's surface but are home to 75 percent of the planet's most threatened species.
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