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1. Biodiversity and
Health Society
Unit 3: Specific Issues in
Science, Technology, and
Society

2. “The differences among living
organisms of all sources and
the ecological complexes of
they are fragments and
involves diversity within
species, between species and
of ecosystems.”
-UN Convention on Biological Diversity

3. Biodiversity
• Defined as the variability among living
organisms from all sources, including, among
other things, terrestrial, marine, and different
water ecosystems and the complexes of which
they are part that includes variety within species,
between species, and of ecosystems.

4. BIODIVERSITY AND
ECOSYSTEMS

5. Measurement
1. Genetic diversity
2. Species diversity
3. Environment diversity

6. Indicators
1. Quantity of species
2. Acquired benefits
• the most common measure of biodiversity
used by conservationists
• the availability of the goods and resources
and the other benefits that we earn from the
environment will indicate the condition of
biodiversity in the area.

7. Ecosystems
• These are dynamic interactions between plants,
animals, microorganisms, and their environment
working as a unit.
• A community of biotic factors or living organisms
and the physical environment at any given
period of time

8. Alterations
• When predators are more than preys, this may
lead to extinction of some species, not only
pertaining to predators.
• When preys are more than predators, preys may
pest up other species.

9. Threats
1. Habitat loss and destruction
2. Alteration in ecosystem composition
3. Over-exploitation
4. Pollution and contamination
5. Global climate change

10. Consequences of Biodiversity
Loss
1. The species making up an ecosystem
determines its productivity, affects nutrient
cycles and soil contents, and influences
environmental conditions such as water,
processes, weather patterns, climate, and other
non-biotic aspects.

11. Consequences of Biodiversity
Loss
The Earth will retain its most unique feature, its
biodiversity, only if humans have the prescience to
do so. This will happen, it seems, only if we realize
the extent to which we use biodiversity

12. BIODIVERSITY AND
HEALTH

13. Health
• State of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity.

14. While any change in biodiversity can
influence ecosystem services' contribution
to human well-being, biodiversity
conservation is crucial for social
development and poverty reduction.
Therefore, this was the first time a link
was established between the degradation
of ecosystems and the fight against
poverty and its consequences, such as
the state of health and populations' well-
being.

15. Environmental Health
• Branch of public health that addresses all
aspects of a broader environment that can affect
human health.
• Aspects of human health and diseases
determined by environmental factors

16. Environmental Health
• Refers to the assessment and control of
environmental factors that can potentially affect
health and focuses on the direct pathological
effects of chemicals, radiation, and specific
biological agents in dwellings, in urban,
agricultural, or natural environments, as well as
their indirect effects on well-being.

17. Ecological Health
• Describes the environment as it focuses on
exposures of synthetic chemicals, such as
pesticides or food packaging residues released
into the atmosphere

18. Ecosystem Health
• Health of the earth as he was sick of the violent
practices and thus presented preservation as the
medicine for the earth.

19. Ecosystem Health
• Health of the earth as he was sick of the violent
practices and thus presented preservation as the
medicine for the earth (Aldo Leopold,
metaphorizing ecosystem health as the state of
ecosystem)

20. Ecosystem Health
• According to Karr, biological systems are
complex entities with multiple components that
require protection, which is not possible
according to him.

21. Ecosystem Health
(Karr’s Four Characteristics)
1. Species richness
2. Species composition
3. Individual health
4. Trophic structure

22. Health Safety and
Security, Good
Environmental
Practice and the Use
of Technology

23. Health Safety
• A resource for everyday life, not the objective of
living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing
social and personal resources, as well as
physical capacities (World Health Organization).

24. Nutrition and Biodiversity
• Intensified and enhanced food production
through irrigation, use of fertilizer, plant
protection (pesticides), or the introduction of
crop varieties and cropping patterns affect
biodiversity and thus impact global nutritional
status and humans.

25. Health, Biology, and Biodiversity
• Almost all living organisms are dependent on
their environment to live and reproduce. The
fundamental needs of living organisms, such as
air, water, food, and shelter, are provided by its
environment. The evolution of human beings
was due to improved access to these essential
needs. Sophistication in agriculture, sanitation,
water treatment, and hygiene have had far more
significant.

26. Factors Affecting Good Health
1. Genetic Factors
2. Environmental Factors
• People may get genes from their parents
that increase their risk for certain health
conditions.
• An environmental trigger can cause illness
in a person who has an increased genetic
risk of a particular disease.

27. Factors Affecting Good Health
3. Social Factors
4. Cultural Factors
• Factors such as marginalization and
discrimination can also affect health.
• Cultural issues like traditions and customs of
a society and a family can also positively or
negatively impact health.

28. Factors Affecting Good Health
5. Environmental Hazards
6. Environment-Related Illnesses
• Environmental hazards can cause or
increase the risk of diseases and other
illnesses.
• Some human illnesses that are linked to the
environment include Parkinson's disease,
heart disease, cancer, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, asthma, diabetes,
dysentery, arthritis, malaria, and depression.

29. Technology and Other Conflicting
Factors on Biodiversity,
Environment, and Health
1. Climate Change
2. Pesticides
3. Insecticides
4. Synthetic Fertilizers
5. Modern Technology Productions

30. Vulnerable Subpopulation
• group with increased susceptibility to an
environmental risk factor's adverse effects due
to their age, genetics, and other conditions.
Mandatory treatment, vaccination, or diagnostic
testing; isolation and quarantine; and deceased
surveillance are essential services given to
people.

31. Safety and Health Management
System
1. health and safety work organization and policy
in a company;
2. the planning process for an accident and ill-
health prevention;
3. line management responsibilities and the
practices, procedures,
4. and resources for developing and
implementing, reviewing, and maintaining
occupational safety and health policy.

32. GLOSSARY
Abiotic not biological, non-living, devoid of life
Biotic biological, living, with life
Biodiversity
biological diversity in an environment as indicated by the
number of different species of plants and animals
Ecosystem
the complex of a community of organisms and its
environment functioning as an ecological unit
Species
a class of individuals having common attributes and
designated by a common name
Organism
a complex structure of interdependent and subordinate
elements whose relations and properties are largely
determined by their function in the whole