Topic 4d – Biodiversity and Resource

Management

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• Biodiversity Hotspots .............................................................................................. 3

• Ecosystem Services ................................................................................................. 4
• Conservation Risk Map ........................................................................................... 5
• Arizona Desert .......................................................................................................... 6
• The Sahara ................................................................................................................. 7
• Great Sandy Desert, Australia .............................................................................. 8
• Scimitar Oryx ............................................................................................................. 9
• The Sundarbans ................................................................................................ 10- 11
• The Sundarbans, Bangladesh .............................................................................. 12
• Ganges-Brahmaputra River Delta of Bangladesh and India………..……. 13
• Mangrove Destruction ........................................................................................... 14
• Ganges Delta, Envisat ........................................................................................... 15
• Mangrove Height .................................................................................................... 16
• The Sundarbans, Landsat 8 ................................................................................. 17
• The Sundarbans, Landsat 7 ................................................................................. 18
• Bangladesh Coastline ............................................................................................ 19
• Ganges Delta .......................................................................................................... 20

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 Biodiversity Hotspots

Source: http://www.thesheepsite.com/focus/5m/94/biodiversity-protecting-the-natural-
world
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 Ecosystem Services

Source: http://www.naturehasyourback.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/140531-JO-
graphicWtext_001.png
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 Conservation Risk Map

Source: http://biology.ucsd.edu/news/article_022708.html

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 Arizona Desert
Acquired by Landsat 8

Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80913

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 The Sahara
Acquired by MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite

Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=35481

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 Great Sandy Desert, Australia
Acquired by Landsat 7, 2000

Source: http://www.nasa.gov/content/sanctuary-how-the-view-from-space-is-protecting-earth-
today/#.VOSSB_msWSo
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 Scimitar Oryx

Source: http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/09/03/spectacular-antelope-heads-home-desert-
scimitar-horned-oryx

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 The Sundarbans

Source: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/798/gallery/

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 The Sundarbans

Source: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/798/gallery/

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The Sundarbans, Bangladesh

Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=7028

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 Ganges-Brahmaputra River Delta
of Bangladesh and India

Source:
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/best_place_species/current_top_10/sundar
bans_mangroves.cfm
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 Mangrove Destruction
Cabinda, Angola 2003

Source: http://gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-f04/angola.html

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 Ganges Delta, Envisat

Source:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Earth_from_Space_Ganges_dazzling_delta
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 Mangrove Height
Bangladesh Mangroves

Source: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/01/Height_of_Bangladesh_mangrove

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 The Sundarbans, Landsat 8
Agricultural clearing and development (pink areas) encroaching on
the mangroves

Source: http://climate.nasa.gov/news/2191/

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The Sundarbans, Landsat 7

Source: https://urbanfragment.wordpress.com/tag/nasa-earth-observatory/

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 Bangladesh Coastline

Source:
http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2005/03/The_Bangladesh_coastline_seen_by_Envisat

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 Ganges Delta
Acquired by the MERIS instrument on Envisat

Source:
http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2004/05/MERIS_image_of_the_Ganges_delta_India_Bangla
desh

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