SE 11-16 Biodiversity loss Causes Consequences Degradation of Slide 1 Causes Consequences Degradation of ecosystem function Overharvesting Pollution Loss of ecosystem services Habitat alteration Biodiversity loss Loss of food sources Growth in per capita consumption Loss of tourism and recreation Human population growth Economic loss Invasive species Loss of sources of medicines Health impacts Globalization More greenhouse gas emissions Global climate change Social disruption Loss of aesthetic and spiritual ties with nature Solutions As you progress through this chapter, try to identify as many solutions to biodiversity loss as you can. What could you personally do to help address this issue? Consider how each action or solution might affect items in the concept map above.

Causes Consequences Overharvesting Pollution Biodiversity loss SE 11-16 Biodiversity loss Slide 2 Causes Consequences Overharvesting Pollution Habitat alteration Biodiversity loss

SE 11-16 Biodiversity loss Causes Consequences Overharvesting Slide 3 Causes Consequences Overharvesting Pollution Habitat alteration Biodiversity loss Growth in per capita consumption Human population growth Invasive species Globalization More greenhouse gas emissions Global climate change

SE 11-16 Biodiversity loss Causes Consequences Degradation of Slide 4 Causes Consequences Degradation of ecosystem function Overharvesting Pollution Loss of ecosystem services Habitat alteration Biodiversity loss Growth in per capita consumption Human population growth Invasive species Globalization More greenhouse gas emissions Global climate change

SE 11-16 Biodiversity loss Causes Consequences Degradation of Slide 5 Causes Consequences Degradation of ecosystem function Overharvesting Pollution Loss of ecosystem services Habitat alteration Biodiversity loss Loss of food sources Growth in per capita consumption Loss of tourism and recreation Human population growth Invasive species Loss of sources of medicines Globalization More greenhouse gas emissions Global climate change Loss of aesthetic and spiritual ties with nature

SE 11-16 Biodiversity loss Causes Consequences Degradation of Slide 6 Causes Consequences Degradation of ecosystem function Overharvesting Pollution Loss of ecosystem services Habitat alteration Biodiversity loss Loss of food sources Growth in per capita consumption Loss of tourism and recreation Human population growth Economic loss Invasive species Loss of sources of medicines Health impacts Globalization More greenhouse gas emissions Global climate change Social disruption Loss of aesthetic and spiritual ties with nature

SE 11-16 Biodiversity loss Causes Consequences Degradation of Slide 7 Causes Consequences Degradation of ecosystem function Overharvesting Pollution Loss of ecosystem services Habitat alteration Biodiversity loss Loss of food sources Growth in per capita consumption Loss of tourism and recreation Human population growth Economic loss Invasive species Loss of sources of medicines Health impacts Globalization More greenhouse gas emissions Global climate change Social disruption Loss of aesthetic and spiritual ties with nature Solutions As you progress through this chapter, try to identify as many solutions to biodiversity loss as you can. What could you personally do to help address this issue? Consider how each action or solution might affect items in the concept map above.