Conservation of Biodiversity

• Define ecosystem diversity 


  It is the variety of habitats found in an area or ecosystems found within a biogeographical boundary
• Define species diversity 


  number of plant and animal species present in a community
• Define genetic diversity


  variation of genes within a species by different genes and combinations of genes within populations
• A more genetically diverse species with more variation can build resistance against environmental challenges
• Extirpation is disappearance of a particular population but not the entire species globally
• Outline anthropogenic activities that impact to biodiversity loss


  1. overharversting
  2. habitat destruction
  3. pollution
  4. invasive species
• HIPPCO pneumonic:

  Habitat destruction

  Invasive speies

  Population and resource use growht

  Pollution

  Climate change

  Overexploitation