Anupam Rajak

Textbook of Biodiversity Anupam Rajak

Welcome to biodiversity. Biodiversity is the variety and variability of life onEarth. Without biodiversity, we do not live. Human population is increasingday by day and destroy the biodiversity for various needed. Biodiversityrefers to varieties of living things i.e plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi. Biodiversity provides food, water, timber, fiber, and genetic resources. The book comprises two chapters. The first chapter gives definition of living, biodiversity, taxonomy, systematics, and species. The first chapter also givestypes of biodiversity, three domains of life, taxonomical hierarchy, binomialnomenclature, role of botanical garden, importance of herbaria. The secondchapter deals with the biodiversity patterns, importance of biodiversity, andloss of biodiversity. The second chapter also discusses biodiversityconservation, hotspots, endangered species, red data book, biospherereserves, national park, sanctuaries, and ramsar sites. Thanks to my family. Finally, thanks to all the friends for their continuesupport and encouragement