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Contents(1-2)What is Biodiversity?(3)Levels of Biodiversity.(4)Benefits of Biodiversity.(5)Threats to Biodiversity.(6)What we get from Biodiversity?(7) Factors effecting Biodiversity.(8) Protection of Biodiversity & Restoration Techniques.(9)Biodiversity Seriousness.
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What is Biodiversity? Combination of 2 words
1.Bio2.Diversity
Bio means ‘Life’.
BiodiversityBiodiversity is the is the variety of lifevariety of life on on Earth and the Earth and the essential essential
interdependence of all living things.interdependence of all living things.
Diversity means ‘variety’.
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• More than 2 million species are known!• Tens of millions species are unknown!
How variety of life exist ?? o The tremendous variety of life on Earth is made
possible by complex interactions among all living things including microscopic species like algae and mites.
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1. Species Diversity.
2. Ecosystem Diversity.
3. Genetic Diversity.
LEVELS OF BIODIVERSITY
Most important
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BENEFITS OF BIODIVERSITYConsumptive value: Food/DrinkFuelMedicine
Non-Consumptive Value:Education and Research
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THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY
Natural causes: Low population
Anthropogenic causes: Pollution Hunting Global warming and climate
change
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What do we get from What do we get from biodiversity?biodiversity?
OxygenOxygen
FoodFood
MedicineMedicine
Etc………………!!Etc………………!!
Factors effecting Biodiversity
1. Climate change2. Global warming3. Pollution4. Deforestation
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Protection of Biodiversity & Restoration Techniques:
1) Biodiversity Banking.2) Genes Banks.3) Reduction of & better targeting of pesticides.4) Encyclopedia of Life.5) Wildlife corridors
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Biodiversity Seriousness in Different countries
What is Biodiversity Seriousness?? Explain with help of a graph.