Perez, Candy Claire B.

Bsn-1C
ACTIVITY

1. Identify common human activities that can harm biodiversity

Answer:
Biodiversity is under serious threat as a result of human activities. The main dangers worldwide are
population growth and resource consumption, climate change and global warming, habitat conversion
and urbanisation, invasive alien species, over-exploitation of natural resources and environmental
degradation.

A) Mowing and spraying lawns with chemicals, and clear-cutting and possible replanting. Mowing
lawns puts the entire plot of land back to the primary stage, and applying pesticides or fertilizers
favours the very few species we want in our lawns. That effects heavily the food that’s available
for animals (both plants and residing animals that depend on the plants for food, shelter, etc.),
as for clear-cutting, the entire process favours very few tree species (both in planted and
unplanted sites), and the other plants and animals that live in association with them. Clear-
cutting can be done in a way that minimizes environmental site damage, but generally that’s not
the case. Soils lose their cover and nutrients after rains due to almost total removal of over story
(“over story zero”), which affects the entire structure of the site and it’s biodynamic. Some
species that benefit from increases in edges may profit in the short term (like deer), but
increased edges will in most cases effect every other species as well (plants, fungi, animals,
microbiological organisms).

2. Cite ways on what you think would promote safekeeping of biodiversity

Answer:
#1 Government legislation

#2 Nature preserves

#3 reducing amount of invasive species

#4 Habitat restorations

#5 Reduce climate change

#6 Sustainable living

#7 Educations