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| 5637418774 | biota | The sum total of all organisms. The term usually is applied to the settings of natural ecosystems. | 0 | |
| 5637418775 | biological wealth | The life sustaining combination of commercial, scientific, and aesthetic values imparted to a region by its biota. | 1 | |
| 5637418776 | biodiversity | The variety of living things found in the natural world. The concept usually refers to the different species but also includes ecosystems and the genetic diversity within a given species. | 2 | |
| 5637418777 | instrumental value | The value that living organisms or species have by virtue of their benefit to people; the degree to which they benefit humans. | 3 | |
| 5637418778 | intrinsic value | The value that living organisms or species have in their own right; in other words, organisms and species do not have to be useful to have value. | 4 | |
| 5637418779 | genetic bank | The concept that natural ecosystems with all their species serve as a repository of genes that may be drawn upon to improve domestic plants and animals and to develop new medicines. | 5 | |
| 5637418780 | ecotourism | The enterprises involved in promoting tourism of unusual or interesting ecological sites. | 6 | |
| 5637418781 | endemic species | A species that is found in only one habitat and that is therefore vulnerable. | 7 | |
| 5637418782 | HIPPCO | An acronym for the major threats to biodiversity: Habitat destruction, Invasive species, Pollution, Population, Climate change and Overexploitation. | 8 | |
| 5637418785 | pollution | The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that because of its chemical composition or quantity, prevents the functioning of natural processes and produces undesirable environmental and health effects. | 9 | |
| 5637418787 | climate change | Change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over periods of decades | 10 | |
| 5637418788 | overexploitation | Practice of harvesting or hunting to such a degree that remaining individuals may not be able to replenish the population | 11 | |
| 5637418789 | edges | Breaks between habitats that may expose sensitive species to predators. | 12 | |
| 5637418790 | aquaculture | A propagation or rearing of any aquatic organism in a more or less artificial system. | 13 | |
| 5637418791 | taxonomy | The science of identifying and classifying organisms according to their presumed natural relationships. | 14 | |
| 5637418792 | Animal Damage Control | Act that allows the USDA's Wildlife Services to kill coyotes, mountain lions, and other predators responsible for livestock death or crop destruction | 15 | |
| 5637418793 | Wildlife Services | Agency within the US Department of Agriculture that removes "nuisance" animals for landowners; the agency dispatches more than 2 million animals and birds annually. | 16 | |
| 5637418794 | Lacey Act | (1900) Federal law that prohibits importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, accquiring, or purchasing of plants, animals or fish without a federal permit. Requires that we restore areas that a species was close to becoming extinct | 17 | |
| 5637418795 | Endangered Species Act | (1973) Federal law that identifies threatened and endangered species in the U.S., and puts their protection ahead of economic considerations | 18 | |
| 5637418796 | Northwest Forest Plan | (1994) A series of federal policies and guidelines governing land use on federal lands in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It covers areas ranging from Northern California to western Washington. Basically allowed limited logging and let science guide management. | 19 | |
| 5637418797 | International Union for Conservation of Nature | IUCN An international organization that maintains a Red List of threatened species worldwide. | 20 | |
| 5637418798 | Convention on Biological Diversity | (1992) International treaty that aims to conserve biodiversity, use biodiversity in a sustainable manner, and ensure the fair distribution of biodiversity's benefits. Signed by 158 nations at the Earth Summit in Rio, US has yet to become a party to the treaty. | 21 | |
| 5683692045 | Ecosystem Services | Important environmental benefits, such as clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and fertile soil in which to grow crops, that ecosystems provide. | 22 | |
| 5763857377 | Anthropocentric | Interpreting everything in terms of human experience and values; human centered. | 23 |
