Biodiversity

• How can we maintain biodiversity:

  • set up protected areas
  • impose government regulations that can reduce carbon footprint, deforestation and global warming
  • reducing land usage
  • breeding programmes
• What is biodiversity?

  A measure of the variety of all the different species of organisms on Earth or in an ecosystem
• What is an endangered species?

  species at risk of becoming extinct
• High biodiversity is essential for human survival
• Humans decrease biodiversity by:

  • habitat destruction
  • invading species
  • population increase
  • pollution
  • overexploitation
• What are the types of gene banks?

  • seed banks
  • tissue banks
  • cryobanks (sperm, eggs, seeds)
  • pollen banks
• Captive breeding can cause what?

  Inbreeding