BIODIVERSITY

BIODIVERSITY. HELISHA BALSARA CLASS: XI SCIENCE ROLL NO:2.

NORTHERN WHITE RHINOCEROS OF AFRICA-SUDAN. What I learned documenting the last male northern white rhino's death.

Biodiversity is the variety of animals and plants found on this planet including the geographic locations they are found in ..

LEVELS OF BIODIVERSITY. GENETIC DIVERSITY SPECIES DIVERSITY ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY.

Diversity shown by a single species at genetic level. Eg . Different breeds of dogs. Dogs are selectively bred to get desired traits..

Diversity at species level . E.g . Western Ghats have greater amphibian species diversity than Eastern Ghats..

Diversity at ecosystem level. E.g . In India, deserts, rain forests, mangroves, coral reefs, wetlands, estuaries and alpine meadows are seen..

VALUES OF BIODIVERSITY. Consumptive value : Food Fuel Medicine Batter crop varieties Industrial Material Non-Consumptive value: Social values Education and Research Aesthetic values.

INDIA AS A MEGA-DIVERSE NATION. India is known for its rich heritage of biodiversity. It is one of the 12 mega-diverse countries in the world with 7-8 % of the world's recorded plant and animal species. India is considered to be the origin of 5000 species of flowering and 320 species of food plants. The marine diversity of India is still to be explored..

THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY. The global change in the factors responsible for biodiversity results into loss of biodiversity . Factors : Land conversion. Greater climatic changes & global warming . Pollution Exploitation of natural resources. Habitat destructions . Genetic manipulation of species . The secondary causes : Population growth . Unsustainable patterns of consumption. Increased waste production. Urban development and International conflict..

MAN AND WILDLIFE CONFLICT. It refers to the negative interactions between human and wild animals . Increase in man wildlife conflict is due to resource limitation like: 1) Space 2) Food 3) Shelter It is also due to Increasing population of human beings, Loss of forest, decrease in quality of forest and development activities . It is also caused by resource reduction of human and/or wild animals..

CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE. Leave only footprints. Indeed, you can start by picking up your trash to take care of our nature. Limit your amount of plastic usage. 8 million tons of plastic is dumped in to our oceans every year effecting our sea mammals, birds and water quality. Stay informed. Keep reading about conservation and the newest research to educate yourself. You will then know how to contribute in the best way towards sustainable treatment of our animals. Developing protective areas such as national parks, wildlife sanctuaries to protect the animals in their natural habitat . The cutting of forests should be strictly prohibited. It is an abode of a variety of wild animals. Hunting of wild animals should be banned..

“Biodiversity is the greatest treasure we have…..Its diminishment is to be prevented at all cost.”.

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