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Biodiversity
- -describes great variety of life
- -1.5 million species
- -13 million have not been characterized
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Convention on Biological Diversity
- 1. Conservation of biodiversity
- 2. Sustainable use of biodiversity
- 3. Fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising
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World Economic Forum report
- -Demonstrated unprecedented
- -tight relationship between everything
- -nothing works in isolation
- -fiscal crisis
- -Highest risks that impact economy
- 1. under-investment in infrastructure
- 2. Chronic disease
- 3. loss of biodiversity
- -market first
- -security first
- -policy first
- -sustainability first
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How much of all natural environments have been converted by humans?
almost 1/2
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Animals that are most under threat to climate change
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Drivers of biodiversity loss
- 1. Population Growth
- 2. Habitat destruction
- 3. invasive species
- 4. over-exploitation
- 5. climate change
- 6. Pollution
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Why do we need biodiversity?
- 1. Food security
- 2. Research-discovery of new machine
- 3. Biological processes (ex. wind barriers)
- 4. Organisms are interdependent (keystone)
- 5. Aesthetic value
- 6. Ecosystem services
- -$16-64 trillion can be saved globally
- -Mangrove conversion
- Shrimp farm = $ 1,122 ha/yr (what you see)
- Mangrove = $10,882 ha/yr
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Non-native agricultural pests costs
-$100 billion is lost per year
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1998 Yangtze River Flooding
- -killed over 4,00
- -displaced millions
- -bad policies
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Global Environmental Outlook (Geo-5)
- -World leaders met
- -community based conservation projection
- 1. Solutions
- -biological corridors
- -sustainable agriculture
- -restoration
- -payments for ecosystem services
- -sustainable fishing
- -hazardous waste recycling
- -adaptation for disaster
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Cuba (Video)
- -frozen in time
- -wild landscapes have remained virtually untouched
- -scientists get paid very little
- -dedicated researchers (ex. sea turtles)
- -stable government
- -corals are doing better than others
- -when embargo is lifted, it could ruin this
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Ecotourism
- -98% of tourism is detrimental to environment
- -developing nations look at costa rica and try to mimic
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Ecotourism: Unintended consequences
- -pollution
- -extra use of resources
- -plastic, sewage wast
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Altered environments
- -paths cleared
- -roads
- -opens for poachers and other animals
- -poachers are scanning geo-tags from facebook pics
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Making it work
- -getting community involved
- -getting money back
- -benefiting community: preserve culture, money for schools
- -keeping natural environment intact and getting monetary value
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Chernobyl (video)
- -what would happen to Earth if humanity no longer existed
- -Pripyat, once home to 50,000 people is gradually being consumed by the wild.
- -in the absence of man, life will continue
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