1. Scott Pike, Willamette University Biodiversity 2010 Advocacy Institute International Debate Education Association and Willamette University

2. Charismatic Megafauna

3. Biodiversity Defining Valuing Measuring Extinction – Rates – Modern Pressures Biodiversity Policy Managing for Biodiversity

4. Defining Biodiversity Genetic diversity - variety and variability in genetic makeup among individuals of a single species Fruit of Lycopersicon spp. and cultivars of L.esculentum (cultivated tomato) http://ipmworld.umn.edu/chapters/eigenbr.htm

5. Defining Biodiversity Species diversity - variety and variability of species in different habitats

6. Defining Biodiversity Ecosystem diversity - variety and variability of biological communities that interact with one another and their non-living environments

13. Valuing Biodiversity

15. Rainbow troutSteelhead Red wolf Measuring Biodiversity

16. www.invasiveplantatlas.org

17. Forest AForest B

20. 1.75 million? 5 million? 14 million? 100 million? How Many Species Are There?

21. Local Extinction Ecological Extinction Biological Extinction © Gary Larson Extinction

22. Fig. 9-3, p. 186 Effects of a.1% extinction rate Number of years until one million species are extinct

23. Fig. 9-6, p. 189

24. Fig. 9-5, p. 188 Stepped Art Fixed migratory patterns Blue whale, whooping crane, sea turtle Feeds at high trophic level Bengal tiger, bald eagle, grizzly bear Narrow distribution Elephant seal, desert pupfish Commercially valuable Snow leopard, tiger, elephant, rhinoceros, rare plants and birds Blue whale, giant panda, rhinoceros CharacteristicExamples Low reproductive rate (K-strategist) Rare African violet, some orchids Large territories California condor, grizzly bear, Florida panther Specialized niche Blue whale, giant panda, Everglades kite

25. Should UNESCO and supporting countries leverage “charismatic” cultures to achieve more subtle and far-reaching goals?