Conservation Biology

Is the management of nature and Earth’s Biodiversity with the aim of Protecting
species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the
erosion of Biotic Interaction.

Why Conservation is So important

To protect wildlife
To protect the earth
For human Health

Ecosystem Approach
Is about how are we going to manage our land, water and living resources that can
promote conservation and sustainable use in equal way

We Can Use a Four-Point Strategy to Protect Ecosystems

 create an inventory of the species contained in each of them and the ecosystem
services they provide.
 Locate and protect the most endangered ecosystems and species, with
emphasis on protecting plant biodiversity and ecosystem services
 Seek to restore as many degraded ecosystems as possible
 Make development biodiversity-friendly by providing significant financial
incentives

We Can Rehabilitate and Restore Ecosystems That We Have Damaged

Replanting Forests
Restoring Grasslands
Restoring wetlands and Steam Banks
Reintroducing native species
Removing invasive species
Why is that Ecosystem is Important

 Provide and store clean fresh air

 Maintain Air quality
 Regulate Climate
 Mitigate floods
 Prevent erosion
 Maintain soil Productivity

Terrestrial Ecosystem

What can you do to sustain Terrestrial Biodiversity

 Adopt a Forest
 Plant trees and take care of them
 Recycle Paper
 Landscape your yard with a Diversity of plants
 Buy sustainably wood Products

Aquatic Ecosystem

Communities of organism that are dependent on each other and on their Environment
Live in Aquatic Ecosystem.
  What Role do humans Play in premature extinction of species

We are degrading and destroying Biodiversity in many parts of the world, and these
threats are increasing

 Human Activities are destroying and Degrading Biodiversity

 Most of this disturbance involves filling in wetlands or converting grasslands and

forest to crop fields and urban areas

Back ground Extinction Rate

Refers to the standard rate of extinction in earths geological and biological history.
Extinction Rate
Age or number of species that go extinct within a certain period such as a year.
Mass extinction
Extinction of many species in a relatively short period of geologic time.
3 levels of species Extinction
1. LOCAL EXTINCTION

Occurs when a species is no longer found in an area and it inhabited but it is still
found somewhere in the world

2. ECOLOGICAL EXTINCTION

Occurs when so few members of a species are left that it can no longer play it’s role in
the biological communities where it is found

3. BIOLOGICAL EXTINCTION
Occurs when a species is no longer found on the earth
Some human activities cause Premature extinction

ENDANGERED SPECIES
Species that is in danger of extinction though out all or a significant portion of its
range

THREATED SPECIES

Any species that is likely to become an endangered species within the significant
portion of its range

 WHY SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT PREVENTING PREMATURE SPECIES

EXTINCTION?

We should prevent the premature extinction of wild species because of the economic
and ecological services they provide.
INSTRUMENT VALUE- Usefulness to us in providing many of the ecological and
economic species that make up the earth natural capital.
2 FORMS

1. USE VALUES
Benefits us in the form of economic goods and services, ecological services, recreation,
scientific information and the continuation of such uses for future generations.
2. GENETIC INFORMATION
Allows species to adapt to changing environmental conditions through evolution.

 HOW DO HUMANS ACCELERATE SPECIES EXTINCTION

The greatest threats to any species are loss or degradation of its habitat, harmful
invasive species, human population growth, pollution, climate change and over
exploitation
LOSS OF HABITAT IS THE SINGLE GREATEST THREAT TO SPECIES
H-abitat destruction, degradation, and fragmentation
I-nvasive species
P- opulation and resource use growth
P- ollution
C- limate change
O- ver ecploitation