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A Presentation On Loss of Diversity: - Made by - Abhishek IBD-1
A Presentation On Loss of Diversity: - Made by - Abhishek IBD-1
on
Loss of Diversity.
Made By – Abhishek
IBD-1
Index
Introduction
Factors which cause loss of diversity
Whaling
What are the effects
What can be done
Bibliography
Acknowledgment
Introduction
To start with it is very important that first we
get to know about diversity. Diversity are
the number of different species in one area
and the quantity of each of these species.
There are many problems caused not just
because of the natural problems like earth
quakes , etc. in these type of things many
species of an organism die but the major
destructor of the diversity is the human
being, the host of all components.
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One of the biggest threats to biodiversity is
habitat destruction or encroachment. Our
constant development means that we must
destroy natural ecosystems in the name of
progress. Sometimes our development does
not destroy an ecosystem but simply decreases
its size. This in itself can be destructive.
Many animals have a certain range that they must
maintain in order to live. If they do not have
access to this area, their lives are significantly
altered. Closer quarters causes more
competition between species, and this may
lead to the eventual extinction of one or more
species.
Blast fishing is practiced in
many areas. This is the
process whereby dynamite is
placed into an area in order
to catch a large quantity of
fish. Coral reefs especially
are devastated by this
activity. It is most prominent
in undeveloped countries
where this practice has
existed for years.
Factors which cause loss of
diversity.
Now days every body fears that the main cause of
destruction to the environment is the host of
the planet earth “Humans”. This is because
people now in the world do not care about the
environment they just care about them selves
and money they earn from disturbing the
environment.
At large masses this has been going on in the
world it is us who is doing it and it is us only
who can stop our selves of doing it. No body
from anywhere out of the universe is going to
come and stop this destruction which are
taking place here.
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SOLID WASTE
Dumping of garbage at sea. Plastic in our
garbage causes enormous problems. It kills
or injures many marine animals and birds
either through accidental entanglement or
ingestion of the material in the mistaken
belief that the plastic is food (sometimes
bags are misidentified as jellyfish).
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GREENHOUSE EFFECT
The greenhouse effect will be accelerated as
rain forests are decimated. The forests move
large quantities of water from the soil to the air
through evapotranspiration. As the earth warms
in greenhouse predictions, the rate of this
process will increase.
Therefore, cloud production will increase and aid
in reducing the surface temperature. While
this is a positive effect, the more trees which
are cut, the more nature’s capacity to
maintain this temperature is lost. The
greenhouse effect will increase dramatically as
the forests dwindle.
Deforestation is one
of the cause of
Loss of diversity.
Continued..
OTHER PROBLEMS
1.Changing natural resources: Rerouting rivers and
damming them sometimes interferes with natural
reproduction cycles of fish
2.Overharvesting of specific species
3.Pesticide use and runoff
4.Depleting nutrients in the soil due to poor farming
techniques
5.Overpopulation and the need for land for food and
habitat
6.There is now the threat of mining the seabed for
minerals as we run low on these resources on land.
There is also talk of burying toxic waste at sea. Due to
the dispersal quality of water, the toxins would spread
for miles.
A hundred years ago a whaling ship could capture 35-
40 whales in one three-year trip. Yet, in the 20th
WHALING
century at the peak of Indus- trial whaling, the
same amount of whales was processed in two
weeks.
This has caused the collapse of whale populations
worldwide. Some are very near extinction. The
International Whaling Commission has imposed
limits on whale hunting, and some species are
slowly recovering from our acts.