PPT-Recent achievements and challenges in WWF’s work to protect biodiversity and reduce

Conservation Highlights May 2014 Since its launch in 2007 WWFs Earth Hour has become the worlds largest mass participation environmental initiative active in over 160 countries and is becoming a platform where people are mobilising action on climate and other global regional and local environmental priorities . John . Robinson. Continue to Improve. Continue to Improve. Outcomes / Achievements. Continue to Improve. Outcomes / Achievements. Work / Process. What dominates? . W. ork. Outcomes. What dominates?. Outcomes. . ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY. ON THE ROAD TO COLLAPSE. What lessons can we learn from a vanished Viking society?. ON THE ROAD TO COLLAPSE. What lessons can we learn from a vanished Viking society?. 1. Humans are dependent upon a healthy planet. Our choices can be sustainable, or they can put excess pressure on our resources.. Environmental Science. January 9, 2012. Ms Cilli. Chapter 10 Activity. Exotic Species. : . animals that are not native to an area. Objectives. Develop an organization that preserves the world’s . biodiversity. Richard Norris; SIO-UCSD. Major challenges to Marine Biodiversity. Direct human impacts. . (immediate . effects. ). Reduce . biodiveristy. & resilience. Both top-down and bottom-up impacts. Reduce mobility in face of climate change . Introduction. Considering how biodiversity is being lost, what are some possible ways that we could protect biodiversity?. Protecting Biodiversity. Explicit Instruction. Nations pass laws and sign international treaties that protect biodiversity.. ?. 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?. Top 10 Public Health Achievements of the 20. th. Century. Routine use of . _____________. Improvements in . _____________ safety. Safer . _____________. Control of . _____________ diseases. _____________ in . Case Study: Protecting Whales: A Success Story… So Far (1) . Cetaceans: Toothed whales and baleen whales. 8 of 11 major species hunted to commercial extinction by 1975. 1946: International Whaling Commission (IWC). Unit 3: Resource Sustainability. What is Biodiversity?. Short for “biological diversity,” is the number of different species in a given area. Biodiversity hotspots. Why is it important? Why should we care? . All seven species in danger through:. Trawler fishing. Destroyed many coral gardens that are turtle feeding grounds. Turtles hunted for leather. Eggs taken for food. Pollution of ocean water. Case Study: The Plight of Sea Turtles. Prof. Charles Ayo. Vice-Chancellor, . Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria. A Presentation @ the 2015/2016 Executive Advance. Outline. Introduction. Vision 10:2022. The 8-point . Agenda. The . Webo. Ranking. Olmecs. , Mayans, Aztecs, and the Incas. . I can describe the social and political system of the Maya civilization. . 7.65 Describe the highly structured social and political system of the Maya civilization, ruled by kings and consisting of agriculturally intensive centers around independent city-states.. GIMO RECOMMENDATIONSOctober 3rd2018Directions for enhancing LCA impact modelling to better addressimpacts on biodiversityPreambleACE the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment gathered a mu Focal Area Strategies. Refreshed Focal Area Strategies and “Integrated Approaches”. Biodiversity. Land. . Degradation. Climate. . Change. Chemicals. International . Waters . Sustainable Forest .