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They are internationally recognized nominated by nati onal governments and remain under sovereign jurisdiction of the states where they are lo cated Biosphere reserves serv e in some ways as living laboratories for testing out and demonstrati ng int. HUMANS IN THE BIOSPHERE. Humans in the Biosphere. The . biosphere. is the part of the Earth where life exists, including the land, water, and air. . Human activities that affect the biosphere . are: . By Renee Swank. In this activity you will learn all about the types of ecosystem. You can read all of the material and watch a short video on ecosystems. After you have read the material and watched the video, you can take the short quiz to see how much you learned!!. Win . Maung. Chairman. Myanmar Environment Institute (MEI). To . protect . ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation is . essential. -(. supporting services. —e.g. nutrient cycling, soil formation, primary production; . 4.2 pgs. 94 - 100. Biomes. A large geographical region with a specific range of temperatures and precipitation, and the organisms that are adapted to those conditions of temperature and precipitation. 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. - Jacques Ives Cousteau. 2. New Orleans is nested between the mouth of the Mississippi River and the brackish estuary of Lake Pontchartrain.. 3. A series of floodwalls, or levees, protects the city from ocean surges from large storms.. Chapter 3 (Miller and . Spoolman. , 2010). Core Case Study: Tropical Rain Forests Are Disappearing. Cover about 2% of the earth’s land surface. Contain about 50% of the world’s known plant and animal species. The Fed’s Toolbox. Slide 1: Vocabulary. Bank . reserves – . The sum of cash that banks hold in their vaults and the deposits they maintain with Federal Reserve Banks.. Required reserves . –. . 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 . Page 1 Part one Introducing the Plan and the Reserves 1.1 The purpose of this plan This management plan has been prepared by Gisborne District Council to provide guidance for the administration and Dr. . Anjay. 10/17/2020. 1. The word “biodiversity” is a contraction of “biological diversity”. . The father of biodiversity . Edward O. Wilson . (an eminent entomologist) first coined this term in 1986. . The Ecosystem Approach. Individuals Matter: Wangari Maathari and Kenya. ’. s Green Belt Movement . Green Belt Movement: 1977. Self-help group of women in Kenya. Success of tree planting. 50,000 members planted 40 million trees. 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. . Latin America and the Caribbean:. An Economic Valuation of Ecosystems. UNDP. Latin America and the Caribbean: A Biodiversity Super Power. Basic facts on the Report’s methodology. A . sectoral. analysis based Report.