CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

– A GOAL-ORIENTED SCIENCE THAT SEEKS TO COUNTER THE BIODIVERSITY CRISIS A RAPID DECREASE IN EARTH’S GREAT VARIETY OF LIFE THERE ARE 3 MAJOR THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY – H______________ D_______________ – I_______________ S_______________ – OVER________________

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY HABITAT DESTRUCTION, AS THE RESULT OF HUMAN ALTERATION, POSES THE SINGLE GREATEST THREAT TO BIODIVERSITY

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INTRODUCED SPECIES (A.K.A. EXOTIC SPECIES) IS THE SECOND GREATEST THREAT

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY BIODIVERSITY IS VITAL TO HUMAN WELFARE – REASONS TO CARE ABOUT BIODIVERSITY AESTHETICS ETHICS FOOD, CLOTHING, SHELTER, SOIL MEDICINES *ECOSYSTEM STABILITY RELIES ON BIODIVERSITY*

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY TECHNOLOGY AND THE POPULATION EXPLOSION COMPOUND OUR IMPACT ON HABITATS AND OTHER SPECIES – DEVELOPED NATIONS CONSUME FAR MORE RESOURCES PER PERSON (PER CAPITA); OVERCONSUMPTION

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY MAJOR ECOLOGICAL CONCERNS INCLUDE – OZONE DEPLETION

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY MAJOR ECOLOGICAL CONCERNS INCLUDE – GLOBAL WARMING GLOBAL WARMING AS A RESULT OF AN INCREASED “GREENHOUSE EFFECT” – KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL PROCESS TO SUPPORT LIFE ON EARTH!!

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY MAJOR ECOLOGICAL CONCERNS INCLUDE – BIOLOGICAL MAGNIFICATION (BIO- MAGNIFICATION) THE BIOMASS AT ANY GIVEN TROPHIC LEVEL IS PRODUCED FROM A MUCH LARGER TOXIN- CONTAINING BIOMASSS INGESTED FROM THE LEVEL BELOW

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY MAJOR ECOLOGICAL CONCERNS INCLUDE – ENDANGERED POPULATIONS ENDANGERED SPECIES – A SPECIES IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION THROUGHOUT ALL OR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF ITS RANGE THREATENED SPECIES – THOSE THAT ARE LIKELY TO BECOME ENDANGERED IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE ENDEMIC SPECIES – FOUND NOWHERE ELSE; HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO HABITAT DEGRADATION

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY WHAT CAN WE DO? – RESTORATION ECOLOGY USES ECOLOGY PRINCIPLES TO DEVELOP WAYS TO RETURN DEGRADED ECOSYSTEMS TO CONDITIONS AS SIMILAR AS POSSIBLE TO THEIR NATURAL, PRE- DEGRADED STATE

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY WHAT CAN WE DO? – BIOREMEDIATION THE USE OF LIVING ORGANISMS, USUALLY PROKARYOTES, FUNGI, OR PLANTS, TO DETOXIFY POLLUTED ECOSYSTEMS

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY WHAT CAN WE DO? – SPREAD SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE A MORE CONCENTRATED EFFORT TO CONSERVE THE BIOSPHERE AND ITS RESOURCES!! – ALWAYS REMEMBER, STUPID PEOPLE IN LARGE NUMBERS ARE VERY DANGEROUS!!

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY OVERVIEW – HABITAT DESTRUCTION OZONE DEPLETION GLOBAL WARMING – INTRODUCED SPECIES EXOTIC SPECIES ENDANGERED SPECIES – OVEREXPLOITATION OVERPOPULATION LEADS TO OVERCONSUMPTION

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY SO, IF STUPID PEOPLE IN LARGE NUMBERS ARE DANGEROUS… WHAT EXACTLY MAKES ANY LIVING THING INTELLIGENT? COME ON BACK TO FIND OUT!!