biological wealth goods and services provided by biodiversity. ~$38 trillion per year
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Biological Wealth
Goods and services provided by biodiversity.
~$38 Trillion per year
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Examples of Goods and Services
Gas, climate, and water regulation Water supply Erosion control Soil formation Pollination
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Biological Wealth = $38 Trillion/Year
Biological control Food production Recreation Raw materials Nutrient cycling Waste treatment
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Two Kinds of Value
Instrumental: beneficial to humans Sources for agriculture, forestry, aquaculture,
and animal husbandry Recreational, aesthetic, and scientific value Sources of medicine
Intrinsic: value for its own sake
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Source for Agriculture: Wild or Cultivated?
Highly adaptable to changing environments
Have numerous traits for resistance Lack genetic vigor
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Source for Agriculture: Wild or Cultivated?
High degree of genetic diversity Represents the genetic bank Need highly controlled environmental
conditions High degree of genetic diversity Need highly controlled environmental
conditions
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Sources for Medicine: Vincristine
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Sources of Medicine
Vincristine from rosy periwinkle cures leukemia. Capoten from the venom of the Brazilian viper
controls high blood pressure. Taxol from the bark of the pacific yew used to
treat ovarian, breast, and small-cell cancers.
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Recreational, Aesthetic, and Scientific Value
Ecotourism: largest foreign exchange-generating enterprise in many developing countries
$104 billion spent on wildlife-related recreation
$31 billion spent to observe, feed, or photograph wildlife
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Intrinsic Value
Value for Their Own Sake. Why? Philosophical/Moral issue. Not a scientific issue.
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Saving Wild Species
Game animals in the United States Acts protecting endangered species
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Past Wildlife Management Problems
Restoring the numbers of many game animals, e.g., deer, elk, turkey
Passing laws to control the collection and commercial exploitation of wildlife
Poaching and over hunting
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Contemporary Wildlife Management Problems Road-killed animals Population explosion of urban wildlife Lack of natural predators Wildlife as vectors for certain diseases Pet predation by coyotes Changed societal attitudes towards animals
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Acts Protecting Endangered Species
Lacey Act: forbids interstate commerce of illegally killed wildlife
Endangered Species Act (ESA): protects endangered and threatened species
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Species at Risk: United States
Total endangered U.S. species = 987 (388 animals, 599 plants)
Threatened U.S. species = 276 (129 animals, 147 plants)
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The Status of U.S. Species
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Causes of Animal Extinctions
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Reasons for Biodiversity Decline
Habitat alterations Conversions Fragmentation Simplification
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Reasons for Biodiversity Decline
Pollution Examples
Acid Rain Caused by combustion of fossil fuels 10% of lakes in eastern US affected
DDT DDT used to kill insect pests Biological amplification causes high levels in secondary
and tertiary consumers Causes fragile shells in predatory birds Decline in Bald Eagle, Osprey, Peregrine Falcon etc…
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Reasons for Biodiversity Decline
Introduction of exotic species, e.g., Starling, House Sparrow, Oriental Bittersweet, Multiflora Rose etc…
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Reasons for Biodiversity Decline: Human Population Growth
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Reasons for Biodiversity Decline: Overuse
Examples Harvest of 50 million songbirds for food
– Southern Europe Trafficking in wildlife and products derived
from wild species – $10 billion/year 90% decline in rhinos 1.6 tons of tiger bones = 340 tigers Parrot smuggling: 40 of 330 species face extinction
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What steps should we take to reduce biodiversity decline?
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Birds of Prey
Bald Eagle Considered threatened by 1921 Extinct in North East by 1937 First use of DDT – 1943 to kill lice in Europe
and in US army Extensive use in nature started ~1955, peaked
in 1962
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Biological Amplification
DDT is fat soluble Cannot be flushed out of body Accumulates in tissues
Organisms high on the food chain most effected