linking Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and People
Linking Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, and People
What is Biodiversity and why is it important?
Biodiversity is a term describing the variety of life, among living organisms and ecosystems. It refers to the wide variety of ecosystems and organisms suchs as animals, plants, their habitats, and the ecological complexes of the diversity within species.
It is crucial for the functioning of ecosystems which provides us with products and services we cannot live without. Oxygen, food, fresh water, fertile soil, medicines, and shelters all have their source in nature which comes from healthy ecosystems.
[An image showing variety within biodiversity.]
The Three Levels of Biodiversity:
Genetic diversity is all the different genes contained within all the living species such as plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms.
Species diversity is all the different species, and the differences between different species.
Ecosystem diversity is all the different habitats, biological communities and ecological processes, along with the variation within individual ecosystems. For example, the differences between Aquatic, Forest, and desert ecosystems
[To achieve high biodiversity, it is important to maintain the 3 levels of biodiversity.]
What is an Ecosystem and an Ecosystem Service?
An ecosystem is a community of plants, animals, and microorganisms that live, feed, reproduce, and interact in the same environment. An ecosystem service is the service people obtain from the natural environment.
[An image showing the different functions which makes up an ecosystem.]
4 Main Ecosystem Services:
Provisioning services are the products obtained from ecosystems, such as food, genetic resources, fiber, and energy.
Regulating services are the benefits obtained from the regulation of ecosystem processes, such as regulation of climate, water, and some human diseases.
Cultural services are the non-material benefits people obtain from ecosystems through
What is Biodiversity and why is it important?
Biodiversity is a term describing the variety of life, among living organisms and ecosystems. It refers to the wide variety of ecosystems and organisms suchs as animals, plants, their habitats, and the ecological complexes of the diversity within species.
It is crucial for the functioning of ecosystems which provides us with products and services we cannot live without. Oxygen, food, fresh water, fertile soil, medicines, and shelters all have their source in nature which comes from healthy ecosystems.
[An image showing variety within biodiversity.]
The Three Levels of Biodiversity:
Genetic diversity is all the different genes contained within all the living species such as plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms.
Species diversity is all the different species, and the differences between different species.
Ecosystem diversity is all the different habitats, biological communities and ecological processes, along with the variation within individual ecosystems. For example, the differences between Aquatic, Forest, and desert ecosystems
[To achieve high biodiversity, it is important to maintain the 3 levels of biodiversity.]
What is an Ecosystem and an Ecosystem Service?
An ecosystem is a community of plants, animals, and microorganisms that live, feed, reproduce, and interact in the same environment. An ecosystem service is the service people obtain from the natural environment.
[An image showing the different functions which makes up an ecosystem.]
4 Main Ecosystem Services:
Provisioning services are the products obtained from ecosystems, such as food, genetic resources, fiber, and energy.
Regulating services are the benefits obtained from the regulation of ecosystem processes, such as regulation of climate, water, and some human diseases.
Cultural services are the non-material benefits people obtain from ecosystems through