biodiversity Biodiversity refers to the variety of life
biodiversity Biodiversity refers to the variety of life. It is seen in the number of species in an ecosystem or on the entire Earth. Biodiversity gets used as a measure of the health of biological systems, and to see if there is a danger that too many species become extinct.
? ? What is Biodiversity? ? Biodiversity is the shortened form of two words "biological" and "diversity". It refers to all the variety of life that can be found on Earth (plants, animals, fungi and micro-organisms) as well as to the communities that they form and the habitats in which they live.
plant biodiversity Biodiversity of plants ensures a resource for new food crops and medicines. Plant life balances ecosystem, protects watersheds , mitigates erosions, moderates climates and provides shelter for many animal species. The number of plant species becoming extinct is increasing at an alarming rate
Animal Biodiversity • Animal Biodiversity or Herpetology is a branch of zoology which deals with reptiles and amphibians. Herpetology is concerned with poikilothermic, ectothermic tetrapods. . Some amphibians and reptiles which produce toxins and venoms are useful for the human medicine
Facts • • • The current declining of biodiversity is comparable to the massive extinction of many animals over 65 million years ago. On land, areas near the equator tend to be more diverse because of the pleasant climate. About. 1% of species are lost each year Although over time it has increased, biodiversity has steadily gone down in the past 35 years. Coral reefs have the most diversity of all ecosystems on Earth • Madagascar is an example of a biodiversity hotspot because roughly 98% of its living organisms cannot survive anywhere else on Earth. • Although many governments around the world have passed laws to ensure biodiversity, there are over 300 extremely endangered species that have no laws to protect them.
Biodiversity Ireland • Ireland is home to about 815 flowering plants, about 80 native ferns, more than 700 mosses and liverworts, 3, 500 fungi, over 1, 000 lichens and 1, 400 algae. There are 32 terrestrial mammals, 10 bat species, two species of seals and about 24 whales and dolphins. • The Protecting Farmland Pollinators project aims to develop and test a whole-farm pollinator scoring system and identify what management practices on Irish Farmland benefit pollinators.
For more information fun games Websites • https: //atyourservice. aroch a. org/wpcontent/uploads/2014/07/ WWWW-Childrens. Biodiversity-Activities. pdf • https: //www. biodiversityire land. ie/ • https: //www. wartgames. co m/themes/science/biodiver sity. html • https: //www. theguardian. c om/news/2018/mar/12/wh at-is-biodiversity-and-whydoes-it-matter-to-us • https: //greenschoolsireland. org/biodiveristy/
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