1. Biodiversity

2. Which do you like better?
Circa 1910 A B

3. Which do you like better?
Sugar cane A B

4. Biodiversity
What does “Bio” mean?
Life
Bio =

5. What does “Diversity” mean?
Biodiversity
What does “Diversity” mean?
Diversity = Variety

6. “The variety of life in all its forms, levels and combinations”
Includes:
ecosystem diversity, species diversity, and genetic diversity

7. Scientists have identified more than 2 million species
Scientists have identified more than 2 million species. Tens of millions -- remain unknown
The tremendous variety of life on Earth is made possible by complex interactions among all living things.

8. There are 3 components of biodiversity
Diversity of genes Chihuahuas, Greyhound and Newfies are all dogs—but they're not the same because their genes are different.
Chihuahua
Greyhound
Newfoundland

9. There are 3 components of biodiversity
Diversity of species.
Hoary Bat
Kahuli
Iwi

10. There are 3 components of biodiversity
Variety of ecosystems Each one is different, with its own set of species living in it.
Tropical Rain Forest
tiaga
Desert

11. What do we get from biodiversity?
Oxygen
Food
Clean Water
Medicine
Aesthetics
Ideas

12. Should we be concerned about biodiversity?
What we know: The Earth is losing species at an alarming rate
Some scientists estimate that as many as 3 species per hour are going extinct and 20,000 extinctions occur each year.
when species of plants and animals go extinct, many other species are affected.

13. Total # of species recorded
Mammals
Birds
Fish
Insects
Flowering Plants
Total # of species recorded
Estimated Total # of species in the World
4,675
9,702
23,250
751,000
421,968
1,413,000
~ million species