Biodiversity and its

environment, social and

economic significance
 ECOSYSTEM GOODS AND SERVICES

Provisioning Services Cultural Services

   
▪ Food, Fiber and Fuel ▪ Spiritual and religious
▪ Genetic Resources values
▪ Biochemicals ▪ Knowledge system
▪ Fresh Water ▪ Education and inspiration
▪ Recreation and aesthetic value

Regulating Services Supporting Services

   
▪ Invasion resistance ▪ Primary production
▪ Herbivory ▪ Provision of habitat
▪ Pollination ▪ Nutrient cycling
▪ Seed dispersal ▪ Soil formation and
▪ Climate regulation retention
▪ Pest regulation ▪ Production of
▪ Disease regulation atmospheric oxygen
▪ Natural hazard ▪ Water cycling
protection
▪ Erosion regulation
▪ Water purification
Agricultural Uses
Medical Uses
Constituents of Sustainable Development

Environment

SD
Economy
Social
Sustainable Development

Environment

Economy
Social
Biodiversity
 Biodiversity and ecosystem
Each species is important in its own
way, if you lose one little happens but
the ecosystem weakens. When you lose
several species and at some point the
whole system fails.

Increased ecosystem resilience to stress

with increase species diversity
Drivers of Biodiversity Loss

Agricultural Land Expansion

Forest exploitation (Unsustainable
harvesting)
Environmental pollution and climate
change

Industry
Deforestation principal driver of biodiversity loss
Practical solutions in agrarian landscapes
Sustainable land management
Integrating forest/tree in agricultural production
Having forests in farm-scape for
conservation purpose
Productive and Sustainable Land Management and use
Terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity conservation