ESYS 10:  Lecture 6


 

Topics (with selected links):

Recent species extinctionsThe dodo bird, the moa, and other island losses
Navigating away from extinction (South Pacific Regional Environment Programme)
The Tragedy of the Dodo
Dodoisland
Moa (New Zealand)
Hawaii bird species changes
Rainforest biodiversity
Forest Conservation Portal
Rainforests.net
World forest map (UNEP)

Klamath River
Washington Post: Klamath River

Defining biodiversity
Defining the `B' Word (Defenders Magazine)
California Bioregions
Biodiveristy research (Dewdney, U. W. Ontario)

Feedback approach to biodiversity
BOREAS field program (Oak Ridge National Lab)
Forest capital of Canada (borealforest.org)
Boreal Forest Network

Why does biodiversity matter?
The Final Countdown (Audobon Magazine)
The Threatened Biosphere by E. O. Wilson (Defenders)
E. O. Wilson, slide show on National Parks