Concept formation

•NAME - LUBENA BASHEER

•REGISTER NUMBER - 13367008

•OPTIONAL SUBJECT - NATURAL SCIENCE

•CONCEPT - EXTINCTION(BIODIVERSITY)

•DATE OF SUBMISSION - 2/06/2014

•COLLEGE - JBMC,KAYAMKULAM

WELCOME

BIODIVERSITY

BIODIVERSITYBiodiversity is the degree of variation of life.

This can refer to genetic variation,

Species variation or ecosystem variation within an

area,biom or planet.

EXTINCTION

In Biology and ecology,extinction is the end of an

organism or of a group of Organisms,normally

a species

ENDANGERED SPECIES

An endangered species is a species of organism that will

likely become extinct

RED DATA BOOK

A red data book contains list of species whose continued

existence is threatened.On the basis of intensity of threat

faced by the organism,they

are included as various

categories in this book.

LIONTAILED MACAQUE CIVET CAT

NILGIRI TAHR

PEA FOWL

GREAT INDIAN HORNBILL VARANUS

World wide fund for the conservation of plant and animal resources

International union for conservation of nature and natural resources

Forest survey of India

Wild life institute of India

ORGANISATION AND INSTITUTION FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

ECOLOGICAL HOTSPOT

The regions where the numbers of endemic species are large and

where the threats of ecological destruction exist are known as

Ecological hotspot.

Eg: Western ghats and eastern Himalayan regions of India

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