Conservation Biology保护生物学.pptVIP

Conservation Biology Conservation Biology studies the trend of decreasing diversity and strategies to preserve diversity biosphere species richness estimated at 10-80 million Conservation Biology rate of species loss up to 1,000 times higher today than in past 100,000 years habitat destruction overharvest pollution alteration of trophic structure alteration of nutrient cycling Extinction a natural process concerned with rate examples of endangered or threatened species 25% of known invertebrates in western Germany 33% of freshwater fish species in N. America 50% of Australian mammals 13% of world’s bird population Effect of Humans on the Environment exponential growth increased resource consumption globalization of commerce increase in unsustainable practices Sustainability preservation of populations and ecosystems to maintain themselves and maintain future options for development and growth ability of a society, ecosystem, or any such on-going system to continue functioning into the indefinite future without being forced into decline through the exhaustion or overloading of key resources on which that system depends — Gilman Unsustainable Practices result in degradation of the environment, depletion of resources, extinction of species or populations, loss of ecosystem function, or additional costs for future generations to restore the resource Why the Concern? present and future economic benefits role in ecosystem services intrinsic value of life Strategies use of growth models captive propagation restoration ecology Cost of Conservation How much do we invest to preserve biodiversity? * * * * *