What Is Biodiversity? Explain the Threats to Biodiversity?

Biodiversity

[{"selector":"#anim-f2bd0931-d871-48a7-9d5a-36d0b62f4e43","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-623fbb46-8f63-4ae6-a18a-52f14918b89b","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-870da390-98d9-43a5-843b-44a262eee2a3","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Biodiversity is the biological variation among living organisms.

Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic level, species level and ecosystem level.

[{"selector":"#anim-8fccfe47-6fd4-4010-97b6-0408609b2546","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.60318%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-150ef607-885b-46d2-90b7-a2ff50456ba9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8edbdb99-f4dd-4f7c-87c8-50c314d466f7","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Click Here To Attend Free Trail Class

[{"selector":"#anim-5b1afc02-d0f8-467e-8a6c-587d36a5bd2a","keyframes":[{"offset":0,"transform":"translate3d(0, -707.778%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.29,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.45,"transform":"translate3d(0, -199.0271736%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.61,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.71,"transform":"translate3d(0, -67.6635768%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.8,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.85,"transform":"translate3d(0, -25.409230200000003%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.92,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.96,"transform":"translate3d(0, -11.0413368%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":1,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"}],"delay":0,"duration":1300,"fill":"both"}] Download Aakash App

Importance Of Biodiversity: People depend on biodiversity in their daily lives. Humans ultimately depend on plants and animals for various products such as food, fuel etc.

[{"selector":"#anim-9d260c6a-9998-42d2-99a0-6b95415ea312","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6b6feaf0-4fef-468b-a1cd-79cf31748a15","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Invasive alien species are introduced outside their geographic range, which becomes problematic.

[{"selector":"#anim-25dc9ffa-a1be-48d2-a479-c427554562f4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d74a035e-7669-40df-bc73-c77f66e467dd","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-cb1794ac-4612-48b7-997a-a3e56e1f90ad","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-906c9e4d-d187-4305-96e3-d71655d12fbe","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.60318%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-36410917-7d73-4ea5-b53d-cd9a7733e301","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b3cb509f-bd7c-439d-b569-f7bc76bff2cc","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}]

They quickly increase in number and affect the growth of native species. Example: Green crab, killer algae, zebra mussels, water hyacinth.

[{"selector":"#anim-4c4c1f64-c4a6-4665-8987-6c69d7b30195","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(116.61342%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9687d25c-c843-4ef4-a131-208962d08ccf","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d2714a49-d016-40ff-b24b-a7ca4b354311","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Pollution:

[{"selector":"#anim-68172098-0cf8-46f4-a321-1bee8d5fb190","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-aba1c118-c469-45d7-ae7d-8c9f6197ca3e","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7de5822d-a3b8-4c83-adc0-ca573c614fcf","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] All kinds of pollution can affect biodiversity. Example: Air pollution decreases crop production, vegetation and reproductive capacity of the organisms.

Habitat loss has significant effects on biodiversity. It negatively influences biodiversity directly through its effect on organisms' abundance.

[{"selector":"#anim-781f015f-2459-4e5e-9190-653f836cf2cf","keyframes":{"opacity":[1,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8ff788b1-512e-46fe-bdcf-2fe3ae23780d","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(3)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-bb1a97cb-e69c-45f4-8be5-b117f421aa2b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Climate change:

[{"selector":"#anim-0e9bbc36-e270-438f-b1ea-e3914446ef3d","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.50632%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-35aa07c6-d2fc-45b0-87d5-a2048bfa64fc","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8155cc08-ee57-4e00-ac17-65fadd7aeeee","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f9117004-d112-4f6a-adbe-8041248f23c9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Climatic changes such as high or low temperatures and changing rainfall patterns can affect the reproductive potential of living organisms and increase the extinction rate of organisms.

Overexploitation can lead to resource depletion. This may create a risk to endangered species.

[{"selector":"#anim-96ebfa0b-c40e-4713-99f1-723316322103","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(115.18987%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c8a29c4e-4f3c-4ec0-a951-cac02386bdc7","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e8e7960e-6289-4209-8ea3-92fbad7acaea","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-69e9939c-f092-43b7-a92b-d03f46926d19","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1300,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]