WHAT IS BIODIVERSITY

Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms and the

habitats they live in, from all sources, including terrestrial,

marine, and other aquatic ecosystems.

 HUMAN TREATS OF BIODIVERSITY

H ABITAT
DESTRUCTION
I NVASIVE P OLLUTION P OPULATION O VER
SPECIES HARVESTING
HABITAT DESTRUCTION
HABITAT
A habitat is “ an environmental area that is inhabited by a particular spe-

cies of animal, plant, or other type of organism. The term typically refers to

the zone in which the organism lives and where it can find food, shelter,

protection and mates for reproduction.”

DESTRUCTION
To change something so much that it can no longer exist as it once was

HABITAT DESTRUCTION
occurs when enough change has happened to an area that it can no
longer support the natural wildlife.

Some take longer to completely destroy a habitat and some destroy the
habitat instantly.
HOW DO HABITATS BE DESTRUCTED ?
 AGRICULTURE

 LAND CONVERSION

 WATER DEVELOPMENT

 POLLUTION

 CLIMATE CHANGE
KINDS OF HABITAT DESTRUCTION
DESTRUCTION DEGRADATION FRAGMENTATION


DESTRUCTION
When a natural habitat, such as a forest or

wetland, is altered so dramatically that it

no longer supports the species it originally

sustained. Plant and animal populations

are destroyed or displaced, leading to a

loss of biodiversity.
DESTRUCTION
We fill in wetlands usually to con-
struct other buildings, such as work
spaces or houses

Deforestation
 DEGRADATION
A decline in species-specific
habitat quality that leads to
reduced survival and/or re-
productive success in a popula-
tion e.g. related to changes in
food availability cover or cli-
mate.

LAKE HARAMAYA OF ETHIOPIA

DEGRADATION
The Ethiopian wolf, Africa’s only wolf species, is under threat.
The Ethiopian wolf is the rarest and most endangered canid in the
world — with only about 450 individuals remaining. This iconic
species occur in Bale Mountains National Park and Simien Moun-
tains National Park.

Local people have been practising firewood collection.

Park as grazing land for their livestock.

Red fox ethiopian endemic species
 FRAGMENTATION

Is a process by which large and

contiguous habitats get divided

into smaller, isolated patches of

habitats.

SEMIEN NATIONAL PARK OF ETHIOPIA

 FRAGMENTATION
Human Reasons Natural Reasons
Urbanization,Rural development
volcanic eruptions
Claiming new agricultural lands
fire
Development of housing projects climate change

Building water reservoirs

SOLUTION
1. Create protected lands.
In Costa Rica, more than one-quarter of its national territory has been listed as protected lands. This has been done in
order to preserve the natural habitats within the nation’s borders so biodiversity levels can continue to exist.
SOLUTION
2. Offer land management solutions.
Zoning can also be an effective method of land management. We often think of zoning as being residential, commercial,
or industrial, but the creation of a National Park, State Park, or similar reserve is also a form of zoning that can prevent
habitat destruction.
SOLUTION
3. Publications and Awareness.
Creating awareness Through journalistic activities that report on habitat destruction, a greater public awareness of the
issues being faced can be obtained. Through greater awareness comes more focused on habitat protections
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