1. BIODIVERSITY
BY
Dato’ Seri Dr. Salleh Mohd Nor
TROPBIO RESEARCH SDN. BHD.

2. The World Turning Green !
• Global Environment Concerns

3. Rising tides
Cape Hatteras in North Carolina

4. More pests
White Spruce trees in Alaska

5. No snow
Mount Hood in Oregon

6. THE CHANGING ARCTIC

7. DESERTIFICATION

8. What is Biodiversity?
Biological diversity is the variety and variability among living
organisms and the ecological complexes in which they occur.

9. Biodiversity is the totality of
•Genetic diversity
•Species diversity
•Ecosystem diversity

10. •Genetic diversity refers to the variation of genes within species.
This covers distinct populations of the same species
(such as the thousands of traditional rice varieties in India) or
genetic variation within a populations

11. •Species diversity refers to the variety of species within
region.

12. Ecosystem diversity consists of :
the inhabiting species in all their variety and richness. Many
different species, gene-pool abundance, and unique populations are
what most people think of when they hear the term "biodiversity".
•Ecosystem structure
refers to the physical patterns of life forms
•Ecosystem functions
Ecological processes create landscapes and diverse
environmental conditions out of life itself.

13. Rainforest are among the most biodiverse
Ecosystem in the World
Malaysia is one of the 12 world hotspots for
Biodiversity

14. Why is biodiversity so important?
We could call it our 'life support system'.

15. What threatens biodiversity?
Many human activities have a negative effect upon our
biodiversity.
Each time we change the natural environment we change the
environment that biodiversity lives in.

16. MAJOR THREAT TO
BIODIVERSITY

17. LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY
- Loss of Ecosyst em s
- Coast al Er osion

18. YOU HAVE GOT SEVEN YEARS
2010 GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY
CHALLENGE BEGINS THE RACE FOR
LIFE
Can we reverse the tide of environmental
destruction in seven years? The global
community thinks it can, and aims to
achieve a significant reduction in the loss
of biodiversity - the living world - by 2010.
On World Biodiversity Day the Secretary
General of the UN calls for everyone to
make a pledge to generate momentum
towards its preservation.

19. How Do We Sustain and
Preserve

20. Action for Biodiversity Sustenance
•Meeting the increasing demand for biological resources
caused by population growth and increased consumption.
•Increasing our capacity to document and understand
biodiversity, its value, and threats to it.
•Building adequate expertise and experience in
biodiversity planning.
•Improving policies, legislation, guidelines, and fiscal
measures for regulating the use of biodiversity.
•Adopting incentives to promote more sustainable forms
of biodiversity use.

21. •Promoting trade rules and practices
•Strengthening coordination within governments,
and between governments and stakeholders.
•Securing adequate financial resources
•Making better use of technology.
•Building political support Improving education and
public awareness

22. The passage of the Earth's biodiversity
through the coming century will be its most
severe test.
With human population expected to rise
dramatically, particularly in developing
countries, and the consumer revolution set for
exponential expansion - species and
ecosystems will face ever more serious
threats.
Unless we take action now,
children born today will live in an
impoverished world.

23. RESOURCES ARE LIMITED
SLOW DOWN RESOURCE USAGE AND CONTROL
WASTAGE

24. CURB ILLEGAL LOGGING

25. BAKUN DAM

26. The Changing Environment
UN Convention on Biodiversity
UN Convention on Climate Change

27. WHICH ROAD WILL WE TAKE
TO PROTECT OUR
ENVIROMENT?
WHERE WI LL I T LED TO ?

28. The World Without
Biodiversity

29. DANGEROUS

30. “ ALL ARE INTERELATED.”

31. MUST HAVE
• COMMITMENT
• PASSION
• RESPECT FOR ENVIROMENT AND
NATURE

32. EFFECTI VE
DEVELOPMENT
PLANNI NG SAVES
RESOURSES AND
PRESERVERS
ENVI ROMENT

33. With sustainable use of biological
diversity a real priority, we can ensure
a new and sustainable relationship
between humanity
and the
Natural World for
generations to come.

34. BIODIVERSITY
NATURES
WAY OF CONVERSATION
Thank You