Transcript of Gamze Ş ALVARLILAR EFFECTS OF OVERCONSUMPTION ON ECOLOGY.
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- Gamze ALVARLILAR EFFECTS OF OVERCONSUMPTION ON ECOLOGY
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- OUTLINE: Introduction Planets Carrying Capacity Deforestation
Biodiversity Loss Conclusion
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- What is Ecology? The study of how organisms interact within
their environment. Interdependancy of Ecolgy: The interaction of
both living and nonliving organisms effects the ecology.
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- Planets Carrying Capacity : the carrying capacity of earth is
the number of organism that can live on earth without destroying.
Depends on; Use of Resources Living Standards Technology Population
Etc.
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- http://www.google.com/imgres?q=planets+carrying+ca
pacity&
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- Deforestation: Deforestation implies the long-term or permanent
loss of forest cover and its transformation into another land
use.
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- Importance of Forests Climatic Conditions Soil Shelter for
Wild-life Carbon Dioxide Level
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- Contd WWF: Over the past 50 years half of worlds forests
lost.
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- Biodiversity : Biological diversity is the variety and
variability among living organisms and the ecological complexes in
which they occur. Biodiversity comprises ecological, organismal and
genetic components.
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- Types of Biodiversity : Genetic Diversity Species Diversity
Ecosystem Diversity
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- Biodiversity Loss: It occurred in the 20 th century at a rate
that was a thousand times higher than the average rate during the
preceding 65 million years. Effects the ecosystem Climatic Changes
Extinction Degradation of Sources Etc.
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- Animals Under Threat of Extinction: Polar Bear Bengal Tiger
Siberian Tiger Amur Leopard African Penguins Giant Panda
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- REFERANCE LIST: http://dieoff.org/page112.htm
http://www.bcca.org/ief/sustapedia/spcapacity.htm
http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/curre
nt/lectures/deforest/deforest.html
http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/curre
nt/lectures/deforest/deforest.html
http://biodiversity.ca.gov/Biodiversity/biodiv_def2.html
http://www.globalissues.org/article/171/loss-of-
biodiversity-and-extinctions
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