FT Topic 2: Biodiversity and Health Society Flashcards
Bio
Life
Diversity
Variety
Variety of life present in an ecosystem - from the smallest micro-organism to the largest mammals, including the ecosystems where they live- forests and mountains, rivers and seas
BIODIVERSITY
TYPES OF BIODIVERSITY
- Genetic diversity
- Species diversity
- Ecological diversity
The genes are responsible for the uniqueness of every living organism
GENETIC BIODIVERSITY
The biological variation that occurs within species
GENETIC BIODIVERSITY
When did herbal medicine started?
2600 BC
usually measured in terms of the total number of species found in a particular area
SPECIES DIVERSITY
self-sustaining collection of organisms and habitat
ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Preserved western knowledge
Dark and Middle Ages (Europe)
recorded medical herbs
Greeks
o Aid in childbirth
o Protect immune system from respiratory diseases
Salvia apiana (California sage)
o Manna (melizitose and sucrose)
o Diuretic, laxative, expectorant, gastroprotective, anti-diarrheal
Alhagi maurorum (camel thorn)
o anti inflammatory = aspirin
o Source: Bark of willow tree
Salicylic acid
o Uterine disorder
o Flatulence, stimulate senses = seed
Ligosticum scoticum (Scottish lovage)
o painkiller
o Source: Papaver somniferum = opium poppy
Morphine
Digitoxin congestive heart failure (1700s)
Digitalis purpurea (foxglove)
found mold to be preventing the bacteria around it from growing
Dr. Alexander Fleming
are important for crop propagation
Birds and pollinators
Basic need
FOOD
diversity of living organisms consciously managed by the farmer
Agrobiodiversity
repercussions of society’s demand for clean and abundant energy on biodiversity and human well-being
Nathan Jones, Liba Pejchar, Joseph Keisecker (2015
Protects life from UV radiation
Stratospheric Ozone
Known as bad ozone
Ground level Ozone
