EVS: class 4

“Biodiversity…continued”
Ø How do we know climate change is happening?

Ø What are the causes of climate change?

https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

https://climate.nasa.gov/causes/
https://climate.nasa.gov/
Impact of Climate change on Biodiversity?
 How to conserve Biodiversity?

In situ Conservation
Ø By protecting the natural habitat
E.g., Wild life Sanctuaries and National Parks

Ex situ Conservation
Ø Conserving species outside natural habitat
E.g., Seed Banks, Zoos, Botanical Gardens

Wild-life Sanctuaries vs. National Parks vs Biosphere reserve

Where is National Botanical Garden (Royal
Botanical Garden) in India?

Where is National Zoo in India?

Restrictions on Import of Plants and Animals

Animals Plants

Health Certificate Import License

NBPGR
Directorate General
(National Bureau of Plant
of Foreign Trade
Genetic Resources)

Quarantine Quarantine
International Union for Conservation of Nature
Ecological resilience, also called ecological
robustness, the ability of an ecosystem to maintain
its normal patterns of nutrient cycling and biomass
production after being subjected to damage caused
by an ecological disturbance.