Tuesday, 8 May 2018

A special talk on "Life Lives On The Edge - The Biodiversity" at St. Mary's Higher Secondary School, Dindigul-Dt. (04.05.2018).

‘Values of biodiversity’ are classified as three main types. 1. Resources 2. Potential resources 3. Contributory factors. For example, the biological materials are consumed in markets which are valued for their recreational or aesthetic purposes. It is called as Resources category. Whereas, an opportunities for the discovery of new product is called as Potential resources. In last part, the functional role in ecosystem like ‘Niche’ is called as Contributory factors.
References:
Wood, P.M. (1997). Biodiversity as the source of biological resources: a new look at biodiversity values. Environmental Values, 6, 251-268.