Transcript Habitat Destruction

Agenda
• Introduction
• Effects – How Does Habitat Loss Affect
Mother Nature?
• Causes – Contributing Factors To Habitat
Loss
• Definition : Process & Example
• Process Success Criteria – At A Glance
Introduction – Habitat
destruction
•
It is the process in which the natural habitat is
rendered functionally unable to support the
species present.
Effects
• Habitat
destruction vastly
increases an area's
vulnerability to natural
disasters like flood and
drought, crop failure, etc.
•The loss of trees from
the tropical rainforests
alone represents a
substantial diminishing of
the earth’s ability to
produce oxygen and use
up carbon dioxide.
•The loss of biodiversity may not directly affect
humans, but the indirect effects of losing many
species as well as the diversity of ecosystems in
general are enormous.
•When biodiversity is lost, the environment loses
many species that provide valuable and unique roles
to the ecosystem.
Causes
• Human impact on terrestrial
and marine natural resources
results in marine and coastal
degradation. Population
growth, urbanization,
industrialization and tourism
are all factors.
•Forest loss and
degradation is mostly
caused by the expansion
of agricultural land,
intensive harvesting of
timber, wood for fuel and
other forest products, as
well as overgrazing.
What is a Process ?
Tools
Input(s)
Process
{Man, Machine,
Material}
Output(s)
Process Success criteria:
Techniques
Metrics to assess quality of the
output
Example of a Process : Effluent treatment
Flow meters /
pH meters
Lake water with
solid wastes /
Treatment Plant/
Operator
Effluent
treatment
Treated
water
Process Success criteria:
• pH value
• Chlorine content
• Viscosity
Filtration/
Heating/
Neutralisation
/ Precipitation
Process Success Criteria – At a glance
Sl.
No.
Process Success Criteria
How To Measure/ Indicators
1
Afforestation
2
Strict Laws Must Be
Implemented To Curb Habitat
Destruction
•Healthy Number Of Animal And Plant
Species Can Be Observed .
Protection Of The Remaining
Intact Sections Of The
Natural Habitat
• Delicate Balance In The Ecosystem Is
Being Maintained
3
4
Conduct Awareness
Campaigns About Ill Effects
Of Overpopulation
• No. Of Trees Per Sq. Km
• Surface Temperature At Mean Sea Level
• Concentration Of CO2 In Atmosphere.
• Decrease In Global Warming Levels.
• Sustainable Management Can Be
Employed To Ensure Better Living.