Question

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Define the following terms using one sentence for each term: conservation biology, restoration ecology, and biodiversity (including genetic diversity, species diversity, and ecosystem diversity).

List the key benefits of biodiversity, and discuss in one short paragraph several threats to biodiversity.

Define population conservation, and explain in three to four sentences the rationale behind this approach.

Answer 1

Conservation biology- it is define as biology of population decline and scarcity, including science, management, and politics.

REstoration ecology is the sciene process

Biodiversity-the variety of organisms in a given area, the genetic variation within a population, the variety of species in a community, or the variety of communities in an ecosystem

ecosystem biodiversity refers to the variety of habitats, communities, and ecological processes within and between ecosystems

Species diversity-reflects the entire range of evolutionary and ecological adaptations of species to particular environments.

Genetic diversity-reflects genetic variation within a species, which is necessary to maintain evolution and species adaptation to changes.

# Benefits of biodiversity-

1.Contributions to medicine and agriculture

2.the provision of ecosystem goods and services

#threats of biodiversity-

Biodiversity is under serious threat as a result of human activities. The main dangers worldwide are population growth anf  resource consumption,climate change and global warming,habitat conversion and urbanisation, over-exploitation of natural resources and environmental degradation.