Threats to Biodiversity: Habitat loss is mainly due to human population growth‚ industrialization and changes in the land use patterns‚ poaching of wild life and man wildlife conflicts. Man has begin to overuse or misuse most of these natural ecosystems. Due to unsustainable resource-use‚ once productive forests and grasslands have been turned into deserts and wastelands have increased all over world. Scientists have estimated that human activities are likely to eliminate approximately 10 million
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A Detailed explanation Biodiversity! Introduction What is Biodiversity ? The word ’biodiversity’ is a contraction (short form) of biological diversity. Diversity is a concept which refers to the range of variation or differences among some set of entities; biological diversity thus refers to variety within the living world (here a habitat). The term ’biodiversity’ is indeed commonly used to describe the number‚ variety and variability of living organisms. From the above explanation it is
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Biodiversity J.N.M Grade 10A HIS Ms. C.W Biodiversity is the biological variety or diversity of life on Earth (Anup). It is a connection between all organisms ("10 Surprising Threats to Biodiversity"); these organisms are all part of a “biologically diverse Earth.” Biodiversity enhances productivity in an ecosystem in which all species have an important role to play. Not only does it enhance productivity but also when it is conserved and healthy‚ it offers us many different
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over inadequate preservation of biodiversity. Biodiversity is the variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat‚ a high level of which is usually considered to be important and desirable. According to Tim Flannery‚ between 1995 and 2008‚ the number of small mammals in Kakadu National Park declined by 75% and one third of the species that were recorded in 1995 can no longer be found. I find these statistics appalling and believe that biodiversity is a big contributor to our
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Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem‚ biome‚ or an entire planet. Biodiversity is a measure of the health of ecosystems. Greater biodiversity implies greater health. Biodiversity is in part a function of climate. In terrestrial habitats‚ tropical regions are typically rich whereas polar regions support fewer species. Rapid environmental changes typically cause extinctions. One estimate is that less than 1% of the species that have existed on Earth are extant
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Ícaro Rocha de Almeida Word count: 516 Discuss the benefits to humans of biodiversity‚ and outline with examples the most important current threats to biodiversity. Biodiversity is an important topic in the modern globalized world; from its enormous potentials to its concerns. Biodiversity means: “The variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat‚ a high level of which is usually considered to be important and desirable.” according to the Oxford Dictionary; it influences
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UNIQUE AND THREATENED BIODIVERSITY The patchwork of isolated islands‚ the tropical location of the country‚ and the once extensive areas of rainforest have resulted in high species diversity in some groups of organisms and a very high level of endemism. There are five major and at least five minor centers of endemism‚ ranging in size from Luzon‚ the largest island (103‚000 km²)‚ which‚ for example‚ has at least 31 endemic species of mammals‚ to tiny Camiguin Island (265 km²) speck of land north
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Rachel Newell Walter Zeller International Relations November 18‚2013 Loss of Biodiversity David Ehrenfeld says in his book Biodiversity “The value of biological diversity tells us a great deal about why biological diversity is in trouble”(212). People tend to over look the importance of biodiversity. Without it we would lose a lot of the resources that we use for important and everyday things. One example is that a lot of medicines come from plants‚ and the more plants we have on the planet
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an IT hub‚ the Gujarat plains region has a lot of IT firms especially Surat and Ahmedabad 4. The number of start-ups and the variety in the kind of start-ups in this region is tremendous. We have met a business man who sells delicious cup-cakes. Our friend owns a store that sells speciality‚ arty products ranging from clothes to pendrives etc.. 5. A lot of locals we have interacted with are not native Gujaratis. There are a lot of people from North India who have made Gujarat their home. The
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Hand out : Biodiversity Biological Diversity or Biodiversity - is the variety (diversity) of all life forms on earth‚ encompassing all plants‚ animals‚ microorganisms and the intricate ecosystems they form. - the totality of ecosystems‚ species‚ and genes within the area. Levels of Biodiversity 1. Species Diversity (Different Life Forms) 2. Genetic Diversity (Different characteristics of plants‚ animals & other living organisms) 3. Ecosystem Diversity (Different types of Ecosystem)
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