YOUR RESPONSIBILITY:

Pages 355-360 – take notes on what you read!

The Bald Eagle

Only 417 nesting pairs in the lower 48 states in 1963

Listed as an endangered species in the ESA of 1973

Factors:

1.

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3.

Biological Diversity

Genetic Diversity:

Ecosystem Diversity: Variety of interactions among organisms in natural communities.

Species Richness:

Why do we NEED organisms?

1.______

- maintain the living world and we are dependent on the services

______- lumber, watersheds, flood control, soil erosion prevention

______- insects for pollen transfer

______- keep species population in check

______- maintain soil fertility and decomposition

2. ______

Ex) Crops-

“Super strains”-

3. Scientific Importance of Genetic Diversity

- ______: incorporation of genes from 1 organism to another species.

Ex)

4.Medicinal, Agricultural & Industrial importance of organisms

Medicinal / Agricultural / Industrial

5. Aesthetic, Ethical & Spiritual Value of Organisms

CLASS BRAINSTORM….. WHAT ARE SOME HUMAN CAUSES FOR SPECIES ENDANGERMENT?

Conservation Policies & Laws

LAW / INFORMATION
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
United States / -Authorizing the ______to protect endangered and threatened species in the US
-ESA provides legal protection to listed species so their danger of extinction is reduced
-Illegal ______any product made from an endangered/threatened species
-The FWS selects critical habitats and designs a detailed recovery plan for each species on the ESA
Ex)

Why is this law is controversial? Critics of the law….
Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP)
United States / -Resolved conflicts between protection of ES and ______
-Allows a landowner to ______does not threaten the survival or recovery of the threatened or ES on that property.
-As long as the landowner has set aside land for the species, they can develop a different
art of the property without legal action
US Biological Resources Discipline (BRD)
United States / -Provide information and technologies to manage and conserve biological resources on ______
-Published report: Status and Trends of the Nation’s Biological Resources
-First comprehensive assessment of ______in the US
- Shows how biological resources are changing (inc. ______invasive species) and details conservation problems
CITES
International / Convention on International trade in Endangered Species of Flora & Fauna
CITES bans ______of endangered or threatened species and regulates trade of organisms listed as potentially threatened.
World Cons. Strategy
International / ______Environmental Program
Conserving biological diversity and seeks to preserve the vital ecosystem process on which all life depends for survival and develop sustainable uses of organisms and the ecosystems they comprise.
Biological Diversity Treaty
“Earth Summit”
International / 1992- Each nation must______its own biodiversity and develop a national conservation strategy for ______and ______biological diversity in that country.

Wildlife Management

-An applied field of conservation biology that focuses on the continued productivity of plants and animals

-Differs from Conservation Biology in that it…..

Prescribed Burns

Flyways

Commercial Fishing & Whaling

What can WE DO?