PPT-The Convention on Biological Diversity and other International Biodiversity Institutions

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. 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 . Presented by:. . Rt. Hon. Tan Sri Richard . Malanjum. Chief Judge of Sabah & Sarawak. OvERVIEW. OF MALAYSIA’S BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY. Malaysia is . ranked 12. th. in terms of biodiversity richness. . 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. Trends . Within. . the. . Holocene. John Birks, Vivian Felde, and Alistair Seddon. University. . of. Bergen. ‘. Anthropocene. ’ has suddenly become a buzzword in ecology and biogeography in the last few years, despite no clear definition for its lower boundary. 3 Rio Conventions – UNFCCC, UNCCD and CBD. The CBD is an international . legally-binding . biodiversity treaty with . three main goals. :. The conservation of biological diversity. The sustainable use of its components. Iran - Tehran . In The Name Of God . Biodiversity. . Global Issues: Environment Learning . Circle . 1 (Middle/High School. ). By: Amirali Karami. Armin Amini . Barad Kadivar. Teacher: Ms. Mirkhosravi. In The Name Of God . Biodiversity. . Global Issues: Environment Learning . Circle . 1 (Middle/High School. ). By: Amirali Karami. Armin Amini . Barad Kadivar. Teacher: Ms. Mirkhosravi. 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. 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 Our planet-earth (biosphere) contains more than 20 million species of organisms. But, of which only 1.4 million species have been identified so far. These species differ widely from 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.. Dr. . R. . P. Patil. Professor & Head. Department of . Botany. Deogiri . College, Aurangabad. Biodiversity. Ravi Patil. Deogiri College, Aurangabad. Diversity of Angiosperms I. Unit: 1 Credit-1. 1. Biodiversity (03). Extinction . When an organism is classed as extinct there are no living members of that species left. Extinction is a natural process where organisms that are less suited to an environment die out. Throughout the history of earth there have been several mass extinction events . 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. .