Slides describes about the Marine Biodiversity- Indian Context.

1. MARINE BIODIVERSITY-
INDIAN CONTEXT
Dr. P. SURESHKUMAR
Assistant Professor in Env. Sci.
CAS in Marine Biology
Annamalai University

2. • The living and nonliving things that surround a
living thing make up its environment.
• "Ecosystem" means a dynamic complex of
plant, animal and micro-organism
communities and their non-living environment
interacting as a functional unit.

3. Levels of Ecological Organisation

6. http://mrskievit.weebly.com/cl
ass-blog/diving-deep-into-
oceans-and-marine-ecosystems

7. BIODIVERSITY
"Biological diversity" means the variability among living
organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine
and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of
which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between
species and of ecosystems (CBD).
Species diversity
Genetic diversity
Ecosystem diversity

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15. Coral Reefs-India

16. Coral Reefs -India
• (Venkataraman,2011)

17. Mangroves

45. Benefit of Biodiversity

60. ISSUES/ REASONS FOR LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY

66. • Consequences

71. Substantiating the principles of sustainable
development and the precautionary principle
articulated in the Rio declaration, the Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD) is the main international legal
instrument for conservation of biological diversity. India
has ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity. The
CBD recognizes protected areas as a fundamental tool
for safeguarding biodiversity.

72. Government Efforts
Main Acts and Rules to regulate the coastal and marine activities
in India include Indian Fisheries Act 1899, and its amendments
in 1920 and 1980, Indian Ports Act 1902, Merchant Shipping Act
1974, Wildlife Protection Act 1972 (amended in 1991 and then
in 2002), Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974,
Indian Coast Guard Act 1974, Marine Zones of India Act
(Regulation of Fishing by Foreign Vessels) Act 1981 and the
Environment Protection Act 1986.

75. MARINEPROTECTEDAREAS
(Nammalwaretal.,2013)

79. Thank You…