Biodiversity

and the
Healthy Society
P r e se n ta ti o n b y G r o u p 2
 Objectives
STS 101

D ef in e b i o d i v e r si ty
a n d i ts l e ve l s
D e te r m i n e the
i n te r r e l a te d n e ss o f so c i e ty ,
environment and health

S h o w th e r e l a te d n e ss o f
species in f o r m i n g up a
d ive r s e s o c i e t y C o n tr i b u ti o n to
th e w e l l n e ss a n d
h e a l th
B IO D IV E R S IT Y A N D T H E H E A L T H Y
SOCIETY

Ec o sys te m
Biodiversity
and
 B i o d ive r s i t y a n d t h e H e a l t h y S o c i e t y
Biodiversity
• T h e phrase "biodiversity"
refers to all o f the liv ing
creatures i n a n e c o sys te m .
• The relevance of biodiversity in
ecosystems is that it allows
ecosystems to maintain life and
recover from environmental
changes.
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SOCIETY
B I O D I V E R S I T Y A N D T H E H E A LT H Y
U n i o n o f Conse rvation o f
Nature a n d Natural
Scie nce in 1998,there are 3
levels o f Biodiversity:

• Genetic Diversity
• Species Diversity
• Ecosystem Diversity
B i o d ive r s i t y a n d t h e H e a l t h y S o c i e t y

Eco sys te m
• An ecosystem consists of a specific
region as well as it s living (biotic)
and non-living (abiotic)
components.
• It is a system in which both living and
non-living components rely on one
another and continually interact with
one another.
B i o d ive r s i t y a n d t h e H e a l t h y S o c i e t y

C h a n g e s in
Biodiversity
 C H A N G E S IN B I O D I V E R SI T Y

• A n y ch an g e in a system can have a variety

o f consequences.
• C h a n g e s in biodiversity co uld have
unpredictable consequences not o n ly for
wildlife a n d m a r i n e life, but also for
humans.
• We can plainly deduce that when our ecosystem is
neglected, biodiversity suffers changes that may have a
negative influence on human health on a variety of
levels.
BIODIVERSITY AND THE HEALTHY
SOCIETY

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 Fragmentation, Declines in
Size and Quality of Habitat

Invasive Alien Species

Some of the
Potential
Uncontrolled Exploitation or
Threats To Hunting of Certain Species

Species Pollution

Climate Change
Fragmentation, Declines
in Size and Quality of
Habitat

BUILDING DAMS,
IRRIGATION PROJECTS
AND OTHER
DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES
B i o d ive r s i t y a n d t h e H e a l t h y S o c i e t y
INVASIVE ALIEN
SPECIES

INTRODUCED SPECIES BECOME

INVASIVE, DISRUPTING
ECOSYSTEMS AND THREATENING
THE SURVIVAL OF OTHER SPECIES,
SOMETIMES DRIVING THEM TO
EXTINCTION

B i o d ive r s i t y a n d t h e H e a l t h y S o c i e t y
Uncontrolled Exploitation

or Hunt ing of Cert ai n S pe

2 0
To entertain
cies
%The harvesting of animals, fish,
or other organisms which has a
greater speed of consumption
than their natural regeneration
POLLUTIO CLIMATE
N CHANGE
Harmful nutrients or substances to Is a pervasive and growing global
an ecosystem where the quality of threat to biodiversity and
food, water, or other resources ecosystems which alters
declines. temperature and weather patterns.

BIODIVERSITY AND THE HEALTHY SOCIETY

B I O D I V E R S I T Y A N D T H E H E A LT H Y
SOCIETY
Biodiversity Loss
Consequences of
 W H AT IS
BIODIVERSITY LOSS?

B IO D IV E R S IT Y A N D T H E H E A L T H Y S O C IE T Y
B IO D IV E R S IT Y A N D T H E
H E A LT H Y S O C I E T Y
Consequences o f Biodiversity
Loss

T h e particular species m a k i n g u p a n
e c o sys te m d e t e r m i n e its pro d uct ivi t y,
affect nutrient cycles a n d soil contents,
a n d i n f l u e n c e e nv i ro n m e n t a l
c o n d it i o n s su c h as water cycles,
weather patterns, c l im a te a n d ot h e r
n o n - b i o t i c aspects.
" T h e Earth will retain its m o s t striking feature,its
biodiversity, o n ly if h u m a n s have the prescience
to d o so. T h i s will occur, it seems, o n ly if we
realize the extent to wh i c h we use biodiversity
(Rainforest C o n s e r vat i o n Fu n d , 2017)"

By Tilman
 BIODIV ERSITY
AND
TH E
Nutritional

H EALTHY
Impact of

SOCIETY
B io d iv ersity
N U T R I T I O N A L I M PA C T O F
BIODIVERSITY

Biodiversity plays a vital role in

human nutrition by influencing
global food production, as stated by
the World Health Organization.

B i o d ive r s i t y a n d t h e H e a l t h y S o c i e t y
 Fo o d

Nutrition and
The Pro d uctio n as
E co sy stem an
biodiversity are
Eco sys te m
intertwined at
Service
several levels:

Genetic
T h e Species
V ariatio n
in the
within
Eco syste m
Species
 Biodiversity and the Healthy Society

Health,
Biology,
and
Biodiversity
 Health, Biology and
•Biodiversity
H e a l t h a n d H u m a n B i o l o g y is an interdisciplinary
concentration that provides a rigorous
fo u n d a t i o n in the biological sciences with
substantive course work in humanities a n d social
sciences within a subfield o f H u m a n H e a l t h a n d
Disease.
• Biodiversity helps fight disease.
• Higher rates of biodiversity have been linked to an increase in
human health.
• First, plants are essential for medicines.
E n v iro n m en t-
Related
Illness
Environmental-Related Illness
A n e nv i ro n m e n t a l illness c a n o c c u r
w h e n y o u are ex p o s e d to toxins o r
substances i n the e n v i r o n m e n t that
m a k e y o u sick. T h e s e hea lt h
hazards m a y b e f o u n d whe re y o u
live, work, o r play.
Cause Environmental Illness
E x p o s u re to s o m e types o f
c h e m i c a l s c a n cause a n
e nv i ro n m e n t a l illness. T h e m o r e
o f the c h e m i c a l y o u are ex p o s e d
to, the m o r e likely y o u are to
get ill.