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CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY A GOAL-ORIENTED SCIENCE THAT SEEKS TO COUNTER THE BIODIVERSITY CRISIS A RAPID DECREASE IN EARTH’S GREAT VARIETY OF LIFE THERE ARE 3 MAJOR THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY H______________ D_______________

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CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

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  1. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

  2. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY • CONSERVATION BIOLOGY • A GOAL-ORIENTED SCIENCE THAT SEEKS TO COUNTER THE BIODIVERSITY CRISIS • A RAPID DECREASE IN EARTH’S GREAT VARIETY OF LIFE • THERE ARE 3 MAJOR THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY • H______________ D_______________ • I_______________ S_______________ • OVER________________

  3. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY • HABITAT DESTRUCTION, AS THE RESULT OF HUMAN ALTERATION, POSES THE SINGLE GREATEST THREAT TO BIODIVERSITY

  4. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY • INTRODUCED SPECIES (A.K.A. EXOTIC SPECIES) IS THE SECOND GREATEST THREAT

  5. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY • BIODIVERSITY IS VITAL TO HUMAN WELFARE • REASONS TO CARE ABOUT BIODIVERSITY • AESTHETICS • ETHICS • FOOD, CLOTHING, SHELTER, SOIL • MEDICINES • *ECOSYSTEM STABILITY RELIES ON BIODIVERSITY*

  6. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY • TECHNOLOGY AND THE POPULATION EXPLOSION COMPOUND OUR IMPACT ON HABITATS AND OTHER SPECIES • DEVELOPED NATIONS CONSUME FAR MORE RESOURCES PER PERSON (PER CAPITA); OVERCONSUMPTION

  7. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY • MAJOR ECOLOGICAL CONCERNS INCLUDE • OZONE DEPLETION

  8. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY • MAJOR ECOLOGICAL CONCERNS INCLUDE • GLOBAL WARMING • AS A RESULTOF ANINCREASED“GREENHOUSEEFFECT” • KEEP IN MIND,THIS IS ANESSENTIALPROCESS TOSUPPORT LIFEON EARTH!!

  9. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY • MAJOR ECOLOGICAL CONCERNS INCLUDE • BIOLOGICAL MAGNIFICATION (BIO-MAGNIFICATION) • THE BIOMASS AT ANY GIVEN TROPHIC LEVEL IS PRODUCED FROM A MUCH LARGER TOXIN-CONTAINING BIOMASSS INGESTED FROM THE LEVEL BELOW

  10. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY • MAJOR ECOLOGICAL CONCERNS INCLUDE • ENDANGERED POPULATIONS • ENDANGERED SPECIES • A SPECIES IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION THROUGHOUT ALL OR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF ITS RANGE • THREATENED SPECIES • THOSE THAT ARE LIKELY TO BECOME ENDANGERED IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE • ENDEMIC SPECIES • FOUND NOWHERE ELSE; HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO HABITAT DEGRADATION

  11. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY • WHAT CAN WE DO? • RESTORATION ECOLOGY • USES ECOLOGY PRINCIPLES TO DEVELOP WAYS TO RETURN DEGRADED ECOSYSTEMS TO CONDITIONS AS SIMILAR AS POSSIBLE TO THEIR NATURAL, PRE-DEGRADED STATE

  12. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY • WHAT CAN WE DO? • BIOREMEDIATION • THE USE OF LIVING ORGANISMS, USUALLY PROKARYOTES, FUNGI, OR PLANTS, TO DETOXIFY POLLUTED ECOSYSTEMS

  13. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY • WHAT CAN WE DO? • SPREAD SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE A MORE CONCENTRATED EFFORT TO CONSERVE THE BIOSPHERE AND ITS RESOURCES!! • ALWAYS REMEMBER, STUPID PEOPLE IN LARGE NUMBERS ARE VERY DANGEROUS!!

  14. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY • OVERVIEW • HABITAT DESTRUCTION • OZONE DEPLETION • GLOBAL WARMING • INTRODUCED SPECIES • EXOTIC SPECIES • ENDANGERED SPECIES • OVEREXPLOITATION • OVERPOPULATION LEADS TO OVERCONSUMPTION

  15. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY • SO, IF STUPIDPEOPLE INLARGE NUMBERS AREDANGEROUS…WHATEXACTLYMAKES ANYLIVING THINGINTELLIGENT? • COME ON BACKTO FIND OUT!!

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