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Sustaining Biodiversity: A Case Study on Conservation Challenges and Solutions

Explore the critical aspects of biodiversity conservation, focusing on endangered species like Grizzly Bear and Giant Panda, as well as the importance of medicinal plants. Learn about the threats of invasive species and accidental introductions, and the role of bees in pollination.

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Sustaining Biodiversity: A Case Study on Conservation Challenges and Solutions

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  1. Sustaining Biodiversity A little more

  2. Core Case Study • Passenger Pigeon • Good eatin’ • Feathers make good pillows • Bones make god fertilizer • Excellent voodoo bird

  3. Endangered species • Grizzly Bear • Giant Panda • Black Footed Ferret • Whooping Crane • California Condor • Blue Whale • Florida Panther • Mountain Gorrilla

  4. Plants used for Medicinal Purposes • Foxglove…….heart failure • Pacific Yew….Ovarian cancer • Cinchona……..Quinone for Malaria • Rosy Periwinkle…..Hodgkin's Disease • Neem tree

  5. More about the Birds • Habitat Destruction • 40% of Indonesian Forest • 75% of bird species in Sumatra • 93% Brazil’s Atlantic Coastal Rain Forests • 115 bird species in Brazil Clearing Cerrado for Soybean plantations

  6. Invasive Species • Deliberately Introduced • African Honey Bee • Nutria • Water Hyacinth • Hydrilla • European Wild Boar

  7. Invasive Species • Accidentally Introduced • Argentina Fire Ant • Sea Lamprey • Brown tree Snake • Common Pigeon • Zebra Mussel • Asian Tiger Mosquito • Gypsy Moth

  8. Mechanisms of accidental introduction • Stowaway on aircraft, ships, etc. • Ballasts of ships • Hitchhikers on Imports • Seeds stuck in vehicle tires • Tourists keepsakes

  9. The Honey Bee • Pollinates 110 commercially grown crops • Big business for colony keepers • Rent out the bees • Almonds, Apples, Blueberries

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