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Ese Unit I
Ese Unit I
ENGINEERING
Pooja Nandakumar. N
Assistant Professor
(Chemical Engineering)
CIPET:IPT- CHENNAI
Environmental Science is an interdisciplinary
academic field that integrates physical and
biological sciences (including physics, chemistry,
biology, soil, science, geology and geography) to
the study of the environment, and the solution of
environmental problems.
‘Environment’ Environner or environ (‘to surround’).
CATEGORIES
Extinct
Extinct in the wild
Critically endangered
Endangered
Vulnerable
RARE AND THREATENED SPECIES
Rare species, although are not vulnerable or
endangered, have a very small population in the
world.
Threatened species are those species which may
become extinct if not protected.
They include the rare, vulnerable and
endangered species.
Examples : Elephant, chinkara, Nilgiri tahr, Indian
wild ass, lion-tailed macaque, tiger, cheetah, sloth
bear, rhinoceros, etc.
THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY
In the last 150 years, the rate at which species are
disappearing is about thousands per decade; while
the natural extinction rate is only one or two species
per decade.
Some of the main causes are as follows:
Degradation of Habitat
Overexploitation of Resources
Pollution
Extinction of Weaker Species due to Aggressive
Non-native Species
Poaching of Wildlife
HUMAN–WILDLIFE CONFLICTS
Human–wildlife confl ict occurs when wildlife
requirements overlap with those of humans,
creating loss to both.
CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY
Aims
The protection, preservation, management or
restoration of natural resources.
Objectives
Types
Conservation of biodiversity can be carried out in
the following ways: