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1. GROUP#2 BS RESPIRATORY
THERAPY 1
SOTTO
DE GUZMAN
CUNANAN
MATEO
TOMAS

2. Biodiversity comes from two words Bio means
“life” and Diversity means “variability”.
Biodiversity is all the different kinds of life you’ll
find in one area: the variety of animals, plants,
fungi, and even microorganisms like bacteria that
make up our natural world.

3. GENETIC DIVERSITY
SPECIES DIVERSITY
ECOSYSTEM DIVERSITY
MEGADIVERSITY
GONDWANAN DIVERSITY
CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY

4. • Is the variety of genes within a species. Each
species is made up of individuals that have their
own particular genetic composition.
• Genes are the basic units of all life on Earth.
They are responsible for both the similarities and
the differences between organisms.

6. • Species diversity is the variety of species within
a habitat or a region. Some habitats, such as
rainforests and coral reefs, have many species.
Others, such as salt flats or a polluted stream,
have fewer.
• In Australia, more than 80% of plant and animal
species are endemic, which means that they only
occur naturally in Australia.
• Species are grouped together into families
according to shared characteristics. In Australia,
it is not just the individual species that are
endemic - whole families of animals and plants
are endemic.

8. • Is the variety of ecosystems in a given place. An
ecosystem is a community of organisms and
their physical environment interacting together.
An ecosystem can cover a large area, such as a
whole forest, or a small area, such as a pond.
• An ecosystem is a community of organisms and
their physical environment interacting together.

10. • Describes countries with very high levels of
biodiversity.
• Twelve of the megadiverse countries, including
Australia, contain about 75% of Earth's total
biodiversity.
• As a 'developed' nation, Australia has a special
responsibility for biodiversity conservation and
management. Other megadiverse countries include
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, China, India,
Indonesia and Malaysia. It is estimated that there are
13.6 million species of plants, animals and micro-

13. • Australia was once part of the great southern
supercontinent Gondwana, which also included
South America, Africa, India and Antarctica.
• Due to the geological process known as plate
tectonics, Gondwana began to break up some
140 million years ago and about 50 million years
ago, Australia eventually split from Antarctica.

15. • The best way to conserve biodiversity is to save
habitats and ecosystems rather than trying to
save a single species.
• Many high profile conservation campaigns focus
on rescuing a single endangered species from
extinction, such as blue whale, bilbies, koala. No
organism, however, exists in isolation. If a
species is at risk, then the habitat in which it lives
is probably under threat too.

17. • Biodiversity is important to humans for many
reasons.
• Biodiversity is also considered by many to have
intrinsic value that is, each species has
a value and a right to exist, whether or not it is
known to have value to humans.

18. • Economic biodiversity provides
humans with raw materials for
consumption and production. Many
livelihoods, such as those of farmers,
fishers and timber workers, are
dependent on biodiversity.

19. • Ecological life support
biodiversity provides functioning
ecosystems that supply oxygen, clean air
and water, pollination of plants, pest
control, wastewater treatment and
many ecosystem services.

20. • Recreation many recreational
pursuits rely on our
unique biodiversity, such as bird
watching, hiking, camping and fishing.
Our tourism industry also depends
on biodiversity.

21. • Cultural the Australian culture is closely
connected to biodiversity through the
expression of identity, through spirituality
and through aesthetic appreciation.
Indigenous Australians have strong
connections and obligations
to biodiversity arising from spiritual beliefs
about animals and plants.

22. • Scientific biodiversity represents a
wealth of systematic ecological data
that help us to understand the natural
world and its origins.

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

27. • According to the innovative Connecting Global
Priorities: Biodiversity and Human Health report,
presented last February at the 14th World Congress
on Public Health, held in Kolkata, India, protecting
animals, plants and ecosystems means
protecting our health.
• Biodiversity is a source of food, nutrients,
medicines, fuel, energy, livelihoods and cultural
and spiritual enrichment. It contributes to the
provision of clean water and air, and perform critical
functions that range from the regulation of pests and
disease to that of climate change and natural
disasters

28. • According to experts, climate change will have
a serious impact on human health and will
deteriorate farming systems and reduce nutrients
in some foods.
• The report also stresses the importance of
sustainable consumption and production, and
hope for a more widespread use of
contraceptives to reduce the constant growth
of the world population, which figures among
the major threats to human health and
biodiversity.

29. • https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/science/biodiversit
y/what-is-biodiversity/
• http://www.biodiv.be/biodiversity/threats/
• https://soe.environment.gov.au/theme/biodiversity/topic/2
016/importance-biodiversity
• https://www.lifegate.com/people/news/human-health-and-
biodiversity-interrelated