BIODIVERSITY OF PLANTS

AND IT’S IMPACT ON

ENVIRONMENT
GROUP 2
PARK ANDRE ETIS. IAN DELA TORE
MICHAELA FAYE GENOBATIN
KRISHA LAID
⚫ THE VARIABILITY AMONG LIVING ORGANISMS FROM ALL SOURCES
INCLUDING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TERRESTRIAL, MARINE, AND
OTHER AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AND THE ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXES OF
WHICH THEY ARE A PART; THIS INCLUDES DIVERSITY WITHIN SPECIES,
BETWEEN SPECIES AND OF ECOSYSTEMS.
TYPES OF BIODIVERSITY

• There are 3 types of biodiversity:

• GENETIC diversity: genetic variability or diversity within a species
•
• SPECIES diversity:diversity between different species
•
• Ecosystem diversity:diversity betweem different region
FACTS RELATED TO BIODIVERSITY

Total Land Area of Earth – 510,065,284 sq.km

Forest Cover-38.7 m. Sq.km (26%)

• 40% of Global Forest Land is in South America,

Africa, and South Asia.
PLANT SPECIES IN INDIA AND WORLD
WHY BIODIVERSITY IS IMPORTANT?
Biodiversity increases ecosystem productivity; all of the species in that
ecosystem, no matter their size, have a big role. A diverse ecosystem
can prevent a nd recover from lots of disasters. Humans depend on
plants and animals. For example, one quarter of all prescription
medicines in the U.S. Have ingredients from plants. If a diverse
ecosystem is more productive, it’s easier to get these plants.
• Humans also directly benefit from a diverseecosystem: plants, clean
water and air, provideoxygen, and control erosion.
LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY

GLOBAL WARMING AND

CLIMATE CHANGE
• INCREASED POLLUTION
• SOIL EROSION AND LOSS
OF FERTILITY
VALUE OF TREE

• A TREE THET LIVES FOR 50 GENERATES:

Rs 5.3 lakhs worth of oxygen.
• Facilities rs 6.4 lakh worth of soil erosion control
• Provides rs 5.3lakhs worth shelters for birds and animals
VALUES OF TREE

Creates rs 10.5 lakhs worth air

pollution control.
• Recycles rs6.4 lakhs worth of
fertility.
• Besides provide flowers, fruits
and timber.
 BIODIVERSITY OF PLANTS
• Environmental conditions play a key role in defining the
function and distribution of plants, in combination with other
factors. Changes in long term environmental conditions that
can be collectively coinedclimate change are known to have
had enormous impacts on plant diversity patterns in the past
and are seen as having significant current impacts.[1] It is
predicted that climate change will remain one of the major
drivers of biodiversity patterns in the future.
 EFFECT ON ENVIRONMENT
Effects are
shown in
following
diagram: