Biodiversity

Niya Aniesh 3-F

index
Introduction
Types of biodiversity
Animal extinction
Impact of extinction on biodiversity
Ways to overcome extinction.
Introduction
Biodiversity is all the different kinds of life you'll
find in one area—the variety of animals, plants,
fungi, and even microorganisms like bacteria that
make up our natural world. Each of these species
and organisms work together in ecosystems, like
an intricate web, to maintain balance and support
life.
Biodiversity day
Why do we celebrate biodiversity day?

The United Nations has proclaimed May 22

The International Day for Biological
Diversity to increase understanding and
awareness of biodiversity issues.
Animal extinction
Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death
of its last member. A taxon may become functionally
extinct before the death of its last member if it loses
the capacity to reproduce and recover.
Recently extinct animals are as follows:
1. Chinese paddle fish
2. Christmas island forest skink.
Chinese paddle fish
Chinese Paddlefish have been
around for an estimated 200
million years, which means they
already swam alongside the
dinosaurs and survived their
extinction. But they did not
survive the overconsumption
and intervention of humankind,
and were declared extinct in
2020..
Christmas island forest skink

The Christmas Island forest

skink, also known as the
Christmas Island whiptail
skink, is an extinct species of
skink formerly endemic to
Australia's Christmas Island.
As of 2017, it is listed as
extinct on the IUCN Red List.
The last known forest skink, a
captive individual named
Gump, died on 31 May 2014.
Impact of extinction on biodiversity

Declining biodiversity lowers an ecosystem's

productivity (the amount of food energy that is
converted into the biomass) and lowers the quality
of the ecosystem's services (which often include
maintaining the soil, purifying water that runs
through it, and supplying food and shade, etc.).
Ways to overcome extinction.

Scientists tell us that, the best way to protect

endangered species is to protect the special places
where they live. Wildlife must have places to find
food, shelter and raise their young. Logging, oil
and gas drilling, over-grazing and development all
result in habitat destruction.