Bibliography And Acknowledgement On Biodiversity

DIGITAL ASSIGNMENT ON

BIODIVERSITY,

VALUES,THREATS AND CONSERAVTION BY: K.S Mayur Shastri 15BCE058 BATCH-08

INDEX

Bibliography and acknowledgements

What is Biodiversity?

 The term biodiversity refers to the variety of life on Earth at all its levels, from genes to ecosystems, and the ecological and evolutionary processes that sustain it. Biodiversity includes not only species we consider rare, threatened, or endangered, but every living thing — even organisms we still know little about, such as microbes, fungi, and invertebrates.

 Biodiversity is important everywhere; species and habitats in your area as well

 The aesthetic value of our great country of ours is quite fascinating.

THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY

Extinction is a natural event and, from a purely geological perspective, routine. We know that most species that have ever lived on this great big blue globe have the tendency of being neglected and ultimately extinct. In the modern era, due to human actions, species and ecosystems are threatened with destruction to an extent rarely seen in earth history. It is probably the first time in the history of this great globe that a species is working hard at it’s and the extinction of other species in such short a time.

 Threats in terrestrial areas

Degradation, destruction and fragmentation of natural habitat of many forest residing animals has resulted in the extinction of their natural territory. It has resulted in the complete destruction of biomes as a whole.

 Habitat Loss/Destruction/Fragmentation

These are the main threats to biodiversity around the world. Very often large scale construction occurs in ‘fragile areas’, for example, wetland drainage and infilling. Habitat destruction changes the conditions needed for particular plants and animals to

A major one is CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, prepared in 1973. It bans international trade and transport of body parts of endangered organism.

2. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), from the Rio Conference in 1992, aims to: • Conserve biodiversity • Use it sustainably • Ensure fair distribution of its benefits.

The CBD has been signed by 188 nations, but not by the United States.

 As defined by the Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, OXFORD University and in the convention on Biological diversity singed at Rio De Jenerio (Brazil) in 1992 by 154 countries, Biodiversity is defined as “the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic eco-systems and the ecological complexes of which the area part- this include diversity within species, between species and of