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Biodiversity
Biodiversity
CHALLENGES FACED
-by
ASHITA SHARMA
BBA 3A E
ENROLL NO.- 00421401719
Index:
Biodiversity:
➢ Biodiversity meaning.
➢ Need of biodiversity.
➢ Classification of biodiversity.
➢ Biodiversity at international level.
➢ Biodiversity at national level.
Causes of biodiversity:
➢ Threats to biodiversity.
➢ Effects of biodiversity.
Conservation of biodiversity:
➢ Methods to prevent biodiversity.
➢ Conservation approaches.
➢ Conclusion.
BIODIVERSI
TY.
Biodiversity
Bio =
Diversity = Variety
Definition:
‗Biological diversity‘ or biodiversity is that part of nature which
includes the differences in genes among the individuals of a
species, the variety and richness of all the plant and animal
species at different scales in space, locally, in a region, in the
country and the world, and various types of ecosystems, both
terrestrial and aquatic, within a defined area.
SPECIES
DIVERSITY
❖BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS:
➢ A region with high biodiversity with most of spices being
Endemic.
➢India have two Biodiversity Hotspots- East Himalayan Region
and Western Ghat
THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY
Natural causes:
➢ Narrow geographical area
➢ Low population
➢ Low breeding rate
➢ Natural disasters
Anthropogenic causes:
➢ Habitat modification
➢ Overexploitation of selected species
➢ Innovation by exotic species.
➢ Pollution
➢ Hunting
➢ Global warming and climate change
➢ Agriculture
➢ Domino effect
Species and taxonomy
Each species is classified within
a hierarchy reflecting
evolutionary relationships.
Within species,
diversity exists in
subspecies, or
geographic
variations.
The tiger,
Panthera tigris,
had 8 subspecies.
5 persist today,
including
Panthera tigris
altaica, the
Siberian tiger.
CONSERVATION
OF
BIODIVERSITY
Conservation approaches: International treaties
The CBD has been signed by 188 nations, but not by the United States.
➢Biodiversity is the variety of life forms on earth and the essential interdependence
of all living things.
➢ As defined in convention on Biological diversity singed at Rio De Jenerio
(Brazil) in 1992 by 154 countries, the Biodiversity defined as “the variability among
living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other
aquatic eco-systems and the ecological complexes of which the area part- this
include diversity with in species, between species and of ecosystem.”
➢ According to IUCN in 1998, “the variety and variability of species of their
population, the variety of species of their life forms, the diversity of the complex
association with species with their interaction and their ecological process which
influences perform.”
BIODIVERSITY CONVENSIONS
In-situ conservation:
Conservation of a species is best done by protecting
its habitat along with all the other species
that live in it in nature.
Ex-sittu conservation:
However, there are situations in which an endangered species is so close to extinction that
unless alternate
methods are instituted, the species may be rapidly
driven to extinction.
➢ Restoration of Biodiversity
➢ Biodiversity inventories ➢ Imparting Environmental Education
➢ Conserving Biodiversity in protected Habitats- ➢ Enacting, strengthening and enforcing Environmental
In situ conservation Legislation
Ex situ conservation ➢ Population Control
➢ Seed Bank, Gene Bank, Pollen Bank, DNA ➢ Reviewing the agriculture practice
Bank ➢ Controlling Urbanization
➢ Conservation through Biotechnology
Biodiversity
Conservation
In situ Ex situ
Marine
Botanical
garden,
Zoological
garden,Aquaria
Biodiversity loss and species extinction
On the other hand, we have conscious reasoning ability and are able
to make conscious decisions.
Conservation biology
• Scientific discipline devoted to understanding the factors, forces,
and processes that influence the loss, protection, and restoration of
biological diversity within and among ecosystems.
• Large species with large home ranges (like tigers and other top predators) are
good umbrella species.
• So are flagship species, or charismatic species that win public affection, like the
panda.
Conservation approaches: Biodiversity hotspots
Global map
of
biodiversity
hotspots, as
determined
by
Conservatio
n
International.
Conservation approaches: Community-based conservation
• Many environmentalists from developed nations who want to establish reserves in developing
nations have been viewed with resentment by local people.
• But today many efforts work with local communities to get them invested in the conservation of their
own natural resources.
• This community-based conservation makes efforts more complex, but will probably be more
successful in the long run.
Biodiversity is our life. If the Biodiversity got lost at this rate then in
near future, the survival of human being will be threatened. So, it is
our moral duty to conserve Biodiversity as well our Environment.
Long-term maintenance of species and their management requires
co-operative efforts across entire landscapes. Biodiversity should be
dealt with at scale of habitats or ecosystems rather than at species
level.
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