BIODIVERSITY
The number of living things (animals, plants, insects) in an area (ecosystem, habitat)
Does It Matter?
Why is biodiversity important?
If we lose one part of an ecosystem everything else is affected.
Threats To Biodiversity
Overexploitation
Pollution
What are the worst forms of pollution
Worst causes of pollution
Oil Spills
Radioactive Waste
Urban Air Pollution
What causes oil spills
Causes of oil spills
spills from refuelling
oil tanker accidents
pipeline leaks
Subtopic
Climate Change
Loss Of Habitat
Animals losing their habitats in Canada
Owl Endangerment
What Can I Do To Help?
What can I do to help owl endangerment?
Types Of Endangered Owls
Endangered
Acadian Flycatcher Barn Owl (Eastern population)
Burrowing Owl
Eskimo Curlew
Greater Sage-Grouse urophasianus subspecies
Henslow’s Sparrow
Horned Lark strigata subspecies
King Rail
Kirtland’s Warbler
Loggerhead Shrike migrans subspecies
Mountain Plover
Northern Bobwhite
Piping Plover circumcinctus subspecies
Piping Plover melodus subspecies
Prothonotary Warbler
Red Crossbill percna subspecies
Roseate Tern
Sage Thrasher
Spotted Owl caurina subspecies
Western Screech-Owl macfarlanei subspecies
White-headed Woodpecker
Whooping Crane
Williamson’s Sapsucker
Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (British Columbia population)
Threatened
Western Screech Owl
Barn Swallow
Eastern Meadowlark
Least Bittern
Loggerhead Shrike excubitorides subspecies
Marbled Murrelet
Northern Goshawk laingi subspecies
Peregrine Falcon anatum subspecies
Pink-footed Shearwater
Ross’s Gull
Short-tailed AlbatrossSprague’s Pipit
Special Concern
Ancient Murrelet
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Barn Owl (Western population)
Barrow’s Goldeneye (Eastern population)
Bicknell’s Thrush
Cerulean Warbler
Ferruginous Hawk
Flammulated Owl
Great Blue Heron fannini subspecies
Harlequin Duck (Eastern population)
Ivory Gull
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Long-billed Curlew
Louisiana Waterthrush
Peregrine Falcon pealei subspecies
Peregrine Falcon tundrius subspecies
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-shouldered Hawk
Baird’s Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow princeps subspecies
Short-eared Owl
Yellow Rail
Yellow-breasted Chat virens subspecies
Habitat lose presents the greatest threat to species. The worlds forests, swamps, planes, lakes and other habitats continue to disappear as they are harvested for human consumption and cleared to make way for agriculture, housing, roads, pipelines and other hallmarks of industrial development.
Invasive Species