Biodiversity and the healthy society OTHER ECOSYSTEMS

- DESERT
BIODIVERSITY Little precipitation
Vast variety of life forms on earth Extreme conditions
Can be hot or cold

- ANTARCTICA
ECOSYSTEM Largest desert in the world
A biological community of interacting organisms and
their physical environment - SAHARA
Largest hot desert in the world

- GOBI (Mongolia and China)

TYPES OF ECOSYSTEM Only desert of wild camels

FOREST ECOSYSTEM - EGYPT

- Tropical rainforest
Dominated by broad-leaved trees that form a - HUACACHINA (PERU)
dense upper canopy. Town near the oasis
Diverse array of vegetation and other life.
FAMOUS CITIES BUILT ON DESERTS
● AMAZON RAINFOREST, BRAZIL
● PALAWAN ● Kolmanskop, Namibia
● Humberstone, Chile
● Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- Temperate forest ● Ojo Caliente, New Mexico, USA
Cooler than the tropics ● Casablanca, Morocco
● Tucon, Arizona, USA
- TAIGA ● Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Coniferous forests ● Dubai, UAE
● Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

- TUNDRA
THE GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEM Treeless regions in windy climate
- Savanna Permafrost – frozen soil
Tropical grasslands
- MOUNTAIN
Natural elevation of the Earth’s surface
- Temperate grassland
Cooler than savannas
Absence of trees
THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY

THE MARINE BIOME - HABITAT LOSS AND DESTRUCTION

- ALTERATION IN ECOSYSTEM
- OCEAN BIOME COMPOSITION
- RIVER AND STREAMS - OVER-EXPLOITATION
- LAKE AND POND - POLLUTION AND CONTAMINATION
- WETLANDS - GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
- ESTUARIES
Where freshwater and seawater meet
(brackish water)
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THESE PROBLEMS
PERSIST?

NUTRITIONAL IMPACT OF BIODIVERSITY

● IRRIGATION
● FERTILIZER
● PLANT PROTECTION
● CROP VARIETIES
● CROPPING PATTERNS

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS & HUMAN HEALTH

● Physical

● Social

● Environment-Related Illnesses

- Heart disease
- Respiratory disease
- Digestive disorders
- Cancer
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Arthritis
- Parkinson’s disease
- Occupational injuries
- Depression