“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
IMPLIES- “Variety Of All Forms Of Life On EARTH”
Measured At Different LVLS
GENETICS-VARIATION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS OF THE SAME SPECIES
SPECIES-VARIETY OF SPECIES CONTAINED IN AN AREA
ECOSYSTEM-PLANTS AND ANIMALS TOGETHER WITH THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
Nineteen Trees Sampled In Panama Were Found To Contain 1,200 Different Beetle Species Alone.
Global species estimates range from 2 million to 100 million species.
Only 1.4 million species have been named
IMPACTS OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES
DRASTIC GROWTH OF HUMAN POPULATION.
BIODIVERSITY DEGRADATION
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Over fishing
Culture
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Global Fish Supply
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Capture
Aquaculture
is a vital
aspect of the food-production
industry
Global human population is
expected to
rise to over 9 billion
by 2050
Placing tremendous pressure on
food-production
systems
Paul Ralph Ehrlich Much of this increase in
extinction rate appears to be due to the impact of humans. Habitat Depletion Pollution Introduction of disease Introduction of invasive species Over exploitation
25% of the earth’s birds species have been driven to extinction by humans (especially on islands).
Threatened with Extinction
11% of birds
18% of mammals
5% of fish
8% of plants Loss of birds
MAMMALS ON VERGE
OF EXTINCTION
Red Colobus
PANDA
SHERA MERA DOST
TROPICAL RAIN FOREST
S
Tropical Rainforests Facts
Each year approximately 78 million
acres of rainforest are destroyed.
As many as 137 species are going extinct each day.
The substrate (soil) is poor with most of the nutrients existing in
the trees and plants.
Poor soil leads to burning the land to increase top-soil nutrients.
Burning trees releases carbon into the atmosphere which exacerbates the greenhouse effect and increases temperature.
Tropical Rainforests Facts
WHY TO PRESER
VE ?
ECONOMICAL REASONS
ECOLOGICAL REASONS
AESTHETIC REASONS
HOW TO PRESERVE
In Situ Conservation – from inside the natural habitat
Ex Situ Conservation - out of the natural habitat(Species-based)
STEPS TAKEN
CONVENTION ON BIODIVERSITY,SIGNED BY 156 NATIONS AT THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ( THE EARTH SUMMIT ) IN RIO IN 1992
AT GLOBAL LEVEL
IUCN(THE WORLD CONSERVATION UNION)
IUCN -RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IDEA OF COMPILING LISTS OF THREATENED SPECIES AS A MEANS OF DRAWING ATTENTION TO THE PLIGHT OF SPECIES FACED WITH EXTINCTION. THESE LISTS BECAME KNOWN AS RED DATA BOOKS ( RDBS ).
Steps taken to preserve biodiversity in india
India,in top 12 mega biodiversity countries
The Ministry of Environment and Forests constituted the National Afforestation and Eco-development Board (NAEB) in August 1992.
BEAM OF ACTS AND NATIONAL POLICIES TO PRESERVE BIODIVERSITY
Forest Act, 1927 Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 National Agricultural Policy National Land Use Policy National Policy and Action Strategy on
Biodiversity
ALL IT NEEDS IS SPACE AND TIME
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