Adrielle Kiel J.

Ileto
9- St. Bernadette

Biodiversity and Conservation Summary

 We need to protect and take care of our ecosystem for the future generations.
 Biodiversity- comes from the Greek word bios (life) and Latin word diversitas (variety).
- This refers to the different types of life forms on earth including the living
and nonliving.

Components of biodiversity

 Genetic Diversity - The inheritable characteristics or traits present in a population of

- A population that are less likely to adapt and survive lack a diverse
Set of genes. Different traits are determined by genes.

 Species Diversity - The number of species that are present in a biological community.
- Richness of different kinds of species in an area is called species
richness.
- Richness of the same species in a particular area is called
Species evenness.

 Ecosystem Diversity - Diverse habitats within a biosphere.

- Involves terrestrial ecosystem known as biomes.

 Functional Diversity - describes the biological and chemical processes that include
interactions between organisms, the movement of energy, and biogeochemical or
nutrient cycles.

 Top 6 reasons for biodiversity loss – Habitat Destruction, Invasive species, Population
using too much resources, Pollution, Climate change, Overexploitation.
 Conservation Status
 Extinct (EX) - no longer live in the wild.
 Extinct in the wild (EW) - only known to exist as a captive species or as a naturalized
population outside of its historical habitat.
 Critically Endangered (CR) - Extremely high potential for extinction in the wild.
 Endangered (E) – high potential for extinction in the wild.
 Vulnerable (VU) – high potential for endangerment.
 Near Threatened (NT) - Most likely to soon become endangered.
 Least Concern (LC) – Lowest risk.
 Data deficient (DD) - there is insufficient information to determine if it faces extinction.
 Not evaluated (NE) - has not yet been assessed in relation to the requirements.