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प्रश्न
Explain as to how protection of biodiversity hot spots alone can reduce up to 30% of the current rate of species extinction.
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उत्तर
Although all the biodiversity hot spots put together cover less than 2 percent of the earth’s land area, the number of species they collectively harbour is extremely high and strict protection of these hot spots could reduce the ongoing mass extinctions by almost 30 percent.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following question:
Substantiate with the help of one example that in an ecosystem mutualists
(i) tend to co-evolve and
(ii) are also one of the major causes of biodiversity loss.
Which among the following is a TRUE statement?
Currently, ______ mass extinction is considered to be the progressing at an alarming rate due to the loss of biodiversity.
Accroding to IUCN Red list, the status of Antilope is ____________.
What are the major factors that are responsible for the loss of biodiversity? What steps are needed to prevent them?
What is common to lantana Eichhomia and African catfish?
Which among the following forests is known as the "lungs of the planet earth"?
What is common to the following plants: Nepenthes, Psilotum, Rauwolfia and Aconitum?
List any three major causes of loss of biodiversity.
Enlist two criteria that are used to identify a region for maximum protection as 'Biodiversity hotspots'.
Which of the following suits hotspots in ecological terminology?
Gametes of threatened species can be preserved in viable and fertile conditions for long periods using ______.
Consider the following statements:
- Statement I: Endemism and accelerated habitat loss are characteristics of biodiversity hotspots.
- Statement II: Gene bank is an in-situ method of biodiversity conservation.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Decline in the population of Indian native fishes due to introduction of Clarias gariepinus in river Yamuna can be catogoriesd as ______.
Write any three criteria on which different types of reflexes are based.
Match List - I with List - IІ.
| List - I | List - II |
| A. The Evil Quartet | I. Cryopreservation |
| B. Ex-situ conservation | ΙI. Alien species invasion |
| C. Lantana camara | III. Causes of biodiversity losses |
| D. Dodo | IV. Extinction |
Choose the option with all correct matches.
The current global biodiversity crisis is described as an ongoing mass extinction with extinction rates estimated to be how many times higher than earlier natural rates?
Which of the following pairs correctly represents examples of alien species invasion?
Which of the following animals is correctly categorised as 'Vulnerable' under the IUCN Red List?
Over-exploitation as a cause of biodiversity loss is best exemplified by which of the following?
