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I. ENDANGERED SPECIES
type of organism that is threatened by
extinction. Species become endangered
for two main reasons: loss of habitat and
loss of genetic variation.
INTERNATIONAL
UNION FOR RED HOW ARE THE
SPECIES
LIST CLASSIFIED?
CONSERVATION OF
NATURE (IUCN)
founded in 1965, has evolved to become the world's
most comprehensive inventory of the global
conservation status of biological species.
/IN THE
PHILIPPINES /
PHILIPPINE
BIODIVERSITY
STATUS &
INTERNATIONAL
AGREEMENTS
What are Endangered and Endemic Species?
ENDANGERED:
A SPECIES PRESENT IN SUCH SMALL
NUMBERS THAT IT IS AT RISK OF
EXTINCTION.
ENDEMIC: Super Endemics Examples:
AN ORGANISM EXCLUSIVELY NATIVE Tawilis, (Found only in Taal Lake)
Isarog Shrew Rat, (Found only in Mt, Isarog)
TO A PLACE OR BIOTA. Cebu Black Shama (Found only in Cebu Island)
PARTIES:
PARTIES: PARTIES:
So far seven (7) countries have acceded to the
Currently 119 Parties to CMS Currently 183 Parties only a handful of
Agreement namely the Republics of Congo
countries including North Korea have not
(Brazzaville), Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, the
signed Kingdom of Lesotho, United Republic of
Tanzania and Liberia. The Republics of
Ethiopia, South Africa and the Kingdom of
Swaziland are signatories to the Agreement.
CONVENTION ON BIODIVERSITY
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an international legally-
binding treaty with three main goals:
Conservation of biodiversity;
Sustainable use of biodiversity;
Fair and equitable sharing of the benefits
arising from the use of genetic resources.
WHY? SCOPE
The Convention has global coverage. Each
The conservation of biodiversity is a
signatory has responsibility for the
common concern of humankind. The conservation and sustainable use the
Convention on Biological Diversity biological diversity within its own nation.
covers biodiversity at all levels: Signatories also have a responsibility to
ecosystems, species and genetic manage their national processes and
resources. It also covers activities which may threaten biological
biotechnology, including through the diversity, regardless of where their effects
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. In occur.
fact, it covers all possible domains
Signatories must cooperate in the
that are directly or indirectly related
implementation of the Convention,
to biodiversity and its role in
particularly on matters of mutual interest, for
development, ranging from science, example shared ecosystems and areas
politics and education to agriculture, beyond national jurisdiction such as the
business, culture and much more. oceans.
MAIN GOAL: PARTIES:
As of 2016, the Convention has 196 parties,
The main goal is to mainstream
which includes 195 states and the European
biodiversity at different levels. Union.
Throughout the Decade, All UN member states—with the exception of
governments are encouraged to the United States—have ratified the treaty.
develop, implement and Non-UN member states that have ratified are
the Cook Islands, Niue, and the State of
communicate the results of
Palestine. The Holy See and the states with
national strategies for limited recognition are non-parties. The US
implementation of the Strategic has signed but not ratified the treaty, and has
Plan for Biodiversitymore. not announced plans to ratify it.
Source: wikipedia.org
BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY
NATIONAL ACTION IDENTIFICATION
A fundamental aspect of the AND MONITORING
Convention is the requirement for Enhancing knowledge and
implementation through national understanding of biological
strategies, plans and programs, and diversity and the impacts on it
the integration of conservation and are important measures
sustainable use of biological diversity addressed in the Convention.
into plans, programs and policies for
sectors such as agriculture, fisheries
and forestry and for cross-sectoral
matters such as land use planning
and decision making.
3. The National Biodiversity and Strategy Action Plan for 2015-2028 .The action plan
provides the roadmap of biodiversity conservation efforts by the Department for the
next decade.
BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY
Major highlights of accomplishments towards meeting the
strategies and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets include protected area
governance, wildlife enforcement and mainstreaming of biodiversity
concerns through policy guidelines. Other additional activities
related to the country's implementation of the Convention include:
- Removing Barriers on the Management of Invasive Alien Species on
Production and Protection Forest in the Philippines;
- Preparation of the Philippine Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan;
- Yearly celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity; and
- Maintenance of the Philippine Clearing House Mechanism (CHM) on
Biodiversity.
Threatened Species and their Categories, and the List of Other Wildlife
Species
health.
the blue book. In 1990, the European Council undertook a major step in
same year, the 1992 Convention on Biodiversity was instituted. This was the
biotechnology.
BIOSAFETY
(LMOs).
There are currently 198 parties to the protocol (including the Philippines)
OBJECTIVE:
To contribute to ensuring an adequate level of safety in the transfer,
OVERFISHING
This refers to the taking of a particular marine specie, at a quantity in excess of
the species’ capacity for reproduction
Fishers remove more than 77 billion kilograms (170 billion pounds) of wildlife from
the sea each year. Scientists fear that continuing to fish at this rate may soon result
in a collapse of the world’s fisheries. In order to continue relying on the ocean as an
important food source, economists and conservationists say we will need to employ
sustainable fishing practices.
MEASURING SUSTAINABILITY
Ecosystems
1995 UN FISH STOCKS
AGREEMENT
The 1995 Fish Stocks Agreement
only deals with straddling and
highly migratory fish stocks, and
therefore not with the other
categories of species in articles
63(1) and 65-68 and discrete high
seas species.