BIODIVERSITY AND ENVIRONMENT
Vivek Srivastava
Assistant Professor
Lovely Professional University
,Natural Resources
Indestructible --- Air
Water
Destructible --- Renewable : Soil
Forest
Wildlife
Non-renewable : Minerals
, Biodiversity - Definition
The variability among living organisms from all
sources including terrestrial, marine, and other
aquatic ecosystems and the ecological
complexes of which they are a part; this
includes diversity within species, between
species and of ecosystems.
, Types of Biodiversity
1. Genetic diversity - genetic variability or diversity
within a species, i.e. between the individuals of a
species
Example ; 5,000 recorded varieties of mango
88,000 recorded varieties of Oryza sativa
Vivek Srivastava
Assistant Professor
Lovely Professional University
,Natural Resources
Indestructible --- Air
Water
Destructible --- Renewable : Soil
Forest
Wildlife
Non-renewable : Minerals
, Biodiversity - Definition
The variability among living organisms from all
sources including terrestrial, marine, and other
aquatic ecosystems and the ecological
complexes of which they are a part; this
includes diversity within species, between
species and of ecosystems.
, Types of Biodiversity
1. Genetic diversity - genetic variability or diversity
within a species, i.e. between the individuals of a
species
Example ; 5,000 recorded varieties of mango
88,000 recorded varieties of Oryza sativa