Geodiveristy Flashcards
what is natural capital?
is the element of nature that directly or indirectly produce value for people.
what are examples of natural capital?
natural beauty, medicines, natural barriers. products and services for everyday materials, atmosphere, water, soils, geology, living organisms.
what is human-derived capital?
infrastructure and processes which enable people to exploit natural capital stocks.
what are examples of human-derived capital?
cultural capital, social, financial, human or produced. humans gain benefits from the natural capital
what are ecosystem services?
goods and services which humans derive from the stocks of natural capital.
what is supporting ecosystem service?
support production of atmosphere and soil etc
what is regulating ecosystems’ service?
what keeps planets within the bounds that are good for the life that has evolved around it.
what are provisional ecosystems services?
the stuff that you get out of it such as food, fuel, fibre and water
what is cultural service ecosystem service?
recreation and aesthetic value, intangible benefits which we get from nature and have health benefits form.
what is ecosystem service very closely associated with?
biodiversity.
what is biodiversity?
the variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat, a high level of which is usually considered to be important and desirable
what is the temporal scale?
a lot of conservation efforts are about conserving what we have now and fighting back processes for what we have got now.
what is included in biodiversity?
landscape, ecosystem, habitat, species, and genetics.
a question to think about: is biodiversity about the present or the past or the future?
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a question to think about: should we look at conserving groups that branch off into their own evolutionary group, or do we focus on ancient groups, or do we look at conserving future evolution?
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what is Linnean shortfall?
we don’t know what biodiversity is found on the earth, there are species that are going extinct before we even know they exist.
what is Wallancean shortfall?
we don’t know where the biodiversity is found on earth, we don’t know where the species are.
what can address both Linnean and Eallancean shortfalls?
Geodiversity, due to the modern surveying in the world. this is a better method than biodiversity, as it addresses everything.
what is geodiversity?
Geodiversity is the variety of earth materials, forms, and processes that constitute and shape the Earth, either the whole or a specific part of it. Relevant materials include minerals, rocks, sediments, fossils, soils, and water.
what are potential ecosystem services in geodiversity?
human derived capital and natural capital- atmopsheric, biological, hydrological, pedological, and geological.
what are true ecosystem services?
ecosystem services that are found where the climate and geodiversity intercept, and where the biodiversity and geodiversity intercept.
