Biodiversity 2
includes:
- distribution of treats
- factors that threaten
- disruption of ecosystem processes
- ecosystem degradation
taken from the edexcel a2 Dunn et al text book
- Created by: Laura Bryant
- Created on: 27-05-14 15:44
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- Threats to Biodiversity
- distribution of threatened areas
- Audtiting
- report an increasing rate of habitat destruction and species extinctions, therefore biodiversity loss.
- none give a complete picture and all give different results as they measure different things
- economic scorecard- produced for the world resources institute (WRI). this shows the ability of ecosystems to produce goods and services
- the Living Planet index- developed by WWF. monitors changes over time in the populations of representative animal species in forests, freshwater, and marine ecosystems
- www.wwf. panda.org
- Ecological footprint- measures human impacts on the planet
- the red list of endangered species- compiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). has identified over 16000 plant and animal species in danger of extinction
- Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA)- multi scale assessment commissioned by the UN
- www. millennium assessment .org
- report an increasing rate of habitat destruction and species extinctions, therefore biodiversity loss.
- Audtiting
- distribution of threatened areas
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