GEOB 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Biodiversity Hotspot, Silt, Bulk Density

• School: UBC
• Department: Geographical Biogeosciences
• Course: GEOB 102
• Professor: Gordan Djurdjevic

Document Summary

Geob 102 - our changing environment: climate and ecosystems - lecture 25: International union for conservation for nature (uicn): and international organization dedicated to finding environmental solutions to various issues, famous for the publication of the uicn red list of threatened species; founded in 1948. Convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora (cites): multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals, regulating international trade of specimens of wild animals; established in 1973. Appendix i: 1,200 species threatened with extinction (commercial trade of wild- caught specimens illegal) Appendix ii: 21,000 species not necessarily threatened with extinction, but may become so if trade is not regulated. Appendix iii: 170 species of interest to specific countries, as requested. Geographic areas in which biodiversity is especially high, with at least 0. 5 percent or. 1,500 of endemic vascular plants, and with 70% loss of primary vegetation through human impact. Has to have some threat related and use specific numbers.