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Biodiversity and Conservation

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31. Expand IUCN.

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32. What term is used to describe the four major causes of loss of biodiversity?

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33. Name the two basic strategies of conservation of biodiversity.

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34. What are hot spots ?

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35. Name two hot spots of India.

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36. Explain what is meant by species diversity ?

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37. What is genetic diversity ? Explain.

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38. Write a note on ecological diversity.

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39.

Describe species area relationship.

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40. Explain briefly the broadly utilarian arguments for conserving biodiversity.

According to the Broadly utilarian arguments biodiversity plays a major role in providing ecosystem services. It states that we derive intanible benefits from nature and rhere are aesthetic pleasures too that can be derived from it. For example -

1. Production of oxygen.

2. Pollination of flowers, without which fruits/seeds are not produced.

3. Aesthetic pleasure of walking through wods, watching flowers in full bloom etc..

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