PPT-Loss of Animal Biodiversity

Why Is It Important and What Can We Do About It Katie Gankos February 23 rd 2009 Will End Up Like In Other Words What is Biodiversity Anyway Biodiversity is defined as. Marine and coastal habitats include coral reefs mangrove forests sea grass beds estuaries hydrothermal vents seamounts and soft sediments on the ocean 64258oor deep below the surface More than just a valuable source of food the ocean is one of the l Achievements and challenges . . Dr. Amani . Alassaf. . Environment and natural resources Economist. University of Jordan. amani.alassaf@ju.edu.jo. Reflecting Biodiversity – Holistic approaches and regional adaptation . Emile Frisson, Director General, Bioversity International. Food Security in Africa – Bridging Research and Practice. Sydney, Australia 29 – 30 November 2012. Context. The Current Situation. 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. Abstract. Question. Salinity kit. Soil testing kits. pH test (water and soil). Thermometer. Materials. Data. Conclusions. Our hypothesis was that if there is a change from freshwater to saltwater, then the tidal plant species in each area will differ. The data collected from our experiment helped support our hypothesis. In our findings we saw that in the freshwater location, there was a greater amount of biodiversity and the plants were generally larger. On the other hand, we saw that in the saltwater location, the banks had less biodiversity and consisted with only Phragmites. One explanation for this is for the fact that the abundance of freshwater in the freshwater location allowed for a large variety of large plants to live in this area. However, only a thin layer of freshwater on the surface of the water was present at the saltwater location, which minimized the diversity of plant life that could live in this area. This minimized the competition in this area, allowing it to be overrun by Phragmites plants. . Ari-Pekka . Auvinen. Finnish Environment Institute. 2016 . Eionet. . Workshop. | . NRCs . Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Indicators and Assessments . 30 June . - . 1 July 2016, . E. uropean. Environment . FYI- Facts & Stats.  . By the end of the 21. st. century half of the worlds languages will disappear.  . 15. th. century case study:. There were 15000 languages spoken at the beginning of the 15. 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. Wednesday, February 1. st. , 2017. & Friday February 3. rd. , 2017. WHAT CAN WE DO? Eight Priorities for Protecting Biodiversity. Take immediate action . to . preserve. world’s biological . hot spots.. Overpopulation. Targeting the causes of biodiversity loss: Overpopulation control. Deforestation. Over-harvesting. Habitat modification. Household. Energy. Food. Human needs. To many humans. Wealth. Corruption. What is biodiversity?. Bio = life. Diversity = differences among organisms. Biodiversity. = the variety of living organisms found in an area. Where can you find biodiversity?. Biodiversity varies around the world:. Global . Perspective. Healthy. Living. Energy. Water. Climate Change. Original forest cover compared to forest cover in 2005. Note Madagascar, which was almost fully forested. Wildfires in Australia. Saving the Siberian Tiger. Siberian tigers are one of five remaining tiger subspecies.. In the early 20th century, hunting and habitat loss reduced the wild population to just 20–30 animals.. Conservation efforts have helped the wild population rebound to 450–500 today.. 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.