PPT-Biodiversity -

the variety of living organisms within an ecosystem Review Q15 1 What causes the patchiness in the Biosphere Earth The Earth is patchy because it is made up of different environments land oceans lakes ice . The complexity and rich diversity of life found in forests provides many vital services to human beings Nonetheless humans are destroying forest biodiversity at an alarming rate The conversion of forests to agricultural land overgrazing unsustainabl Agricultural biodiversity includes ecosystems animals plants and microorganisms related to food and agriculture Today most species of crops and domesticated livestock are the result of thousands of years of human intervention such as selective breed Prepared by Dakota Joiner & Lindsey bat Joseph for . Alexander College Writing and Learning Centre, April 2015.. Research source: . Krebs, Charles J. . Ecology, . 6. th. ed. Pearson. : San Francisco, 2009. Biodiversity, ecosystem services and human wellbeing . Outline of Lecture. From empty world to full world. Biodiversity, ecosystem goods and ecosystem services. Biodiversity, markets and the nature of resources. ?. What diversity is…. What diversity does…. So, there sure are a lot of species… (= biodiversity). WHY PRESERVE BIODIVERSITY?. So, there sure are a lot of species… (= biodiversity). WHY PRESERVE BIODIVERSITY?. It is the variety of all the different living things and their homes on the planet. . BIO. . DIVERSITY. Bio= biological organisms . -living things!. diversity= the amount of variation. F. inancing . in Botswana. Dineo D. Gaborekwe. Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism. Department of Environmental Affairs. Botswana. Phone: ( 267) 3902050/ . 3644656. Fax: ( 267) 3902051/ 3914687. 20 . million species. . of organisms. But, of which only . 1.4 . million . species . have been . identified so far. . These . species differ widely from . one another. . This . variation . in living organisms is called . Conservation of biodiversity. Employee education material (Essential points). Four . Electrical and Electronic Industry Associations . March 2017. How to use this document. Since the Biodiversity . Working Group of the . Match the following to the correct description. One Teacher. species. population. community. ecosyste. m. All Teachers. Teachers and Students. George West. Look through the vocabulary cards on your desk.. André Mader. Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES). Institutional structure of the CBD. Executive Secretary. Programme Officers. General service staff. Interns. Contractors. Associate Programme Officers. Presented by. Dr.Anubha. Gupta. Faculty , S.S. in Commerce . Vikram. University. Useful for BBA(H)/B.COM(H)/M.COM and allied subject. Biodiversity. The term biodiversity was coined as a contraction of biological diversity by E.O. Wilson in 1985. . Biodiversity at regional level is better understood by categorizing species richness into four types. . Whittaker (1972). described three terms for measuring biodiversity over spatial scales: . alpha, beta, and gamma diversity. UPDATE ON PROCESS AND UPDATED ZERO DRAFT . OEWG Co-Chairs. Francis Ogwal. Basile van Havre. 18 SEPTEMBER 2020 . Special Briefing Session. Presentation Plan. Process. Planning assumptions. Roles of subsidiary bodies and working group.