Essays on Biodiversity
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Dire consequences of overexploitation
Biodiversity
Ecosystem
Environmental science
Natural Environment
Natural Resources
Resource
Sustainability
Ecosystems can be complex and hard to manage. In fact, they can encompass diverse species and habitats. As such, specific planning and procrastination is needed in order to protect them from the different threats that might undermine their existence, but also preserve and enhance the life of species through a variety of measures and activities….
Threats to biodiversity
Biodiversity
Invasive species
Birds in the Hawaiian ecosystem are facing extinction due to degradation and loss of their habitat from effects of animals such as the feral ungulates. These animals eat native plants and destroy ground cover through their hooves and grazing activities. According to the bird channel website, there has been a 64% reduction in the birds’…
The Significance of Van Mahotsav for Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Forest
The significance of Van Mahotsav for bio-diversity People of India have many festivals related to trees. One such festival is Van Mahotsav or the Forest Festival. Van Mahotsav was started in 1950 by K. M. Munshi, the then Union Minister for Agriculture and Food to create enthusiasm among masses for forest conservation and planting trees….
Biodiversity – reaction paper
Biodiversity
Rice
On February 20, 2003, Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Dale Bottrell from the Department of Entomology made a presentation on biodiversity. Biodiversity in simplest terms is variation amongst species, and, as Dr. Bottrell pointed out, it is a natural phenomenon which has its own benefits and drawbacks within the realm of the biosphere. He began his presentation with…
Coral Reef Destruction
Biodiversity
Pollution
Sea
Coral Reef Destruction Coral reefs are the marine versions of tropical forests. They are the world’s most biologically diverse marine ecosystems. Of all the vital coastal ecosystems under threat, it is coral reefs which are being decimated faster than any other marine resource. It is possible that they are being extinguished more rapidly than rainforests….
Biodiversity and Afforestation: Forest Baldness
Biodiversity
Forest
Afforestation is being practiced in several parts of India for the conservation of our forest resources. Today there is undeniable evidence of the failure to control deforestation and prevent widespread forest mismanagement by the state or private companies. This paper examines the importance and the need of afforestation. A primary survey was conducted with experts…
Classification and Marine Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Coral reef
To understand this huge array of species, a simple classification system is used to produce some order out of chaos. Example: this class has persons Of all sorts Of shapes, sizes, color, eye color, finger shape & size, etc…. What criteria would you use to separate us all out? HISTORY Historically, we group things according…
The Importance of Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Coral reef
‘Define Biodiversity and using examples, explain why it is important’ Biodiversity is the variety of life on earth. A fuller definition is given in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) from the 1992 Earth summit: ‘Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological…
Evolution and Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Describe Natural selection takes the raw material of variations with a population and moulds it over a long period of time into a population that can compete most effectively with other species. This selection will favor the fittest individuals in a species to fit a particular biological niche. Any given environment will have a large…
Biodiversity in Our World
Biodiversity
The patchwork of isolated islands, the tropical location of the country, and the once extensive areas of rainforest have resulted in high species diversity in some groups of organisms and a very high level of endemism. There are five major and at least five minor centers of endemism, ranging in size from Luzon, the largest…
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