This document discusses biodiversity, highlighting its importance and providing examples from Spain and the Valencia region. It defines biodiversity as the variety of life on Earth, including ecosystems and biomes. Biodiversity is important because it provides resources like food, medicine, materials and supports green tourism. Spain has many endangered species and plants at risk of extinction due to geographical and historical factors. The document also discusses invasive species threatening biodiversity and notes examples of valuable plants and ecosystems in L'Horta-Paiporta.

2. INDEX

What is it?

Why is it so important?
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
extinction species in
Valencia
Species
Hot-Spots
Biodiversity
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Invasive species
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Biodiversity in L’HortaPaiporta
presentation
 Spain
 Valencia
Examples of some

Medicinal utilities in
L’Horta-Paiporta

9. WHAT IS IT?
Biodiversity
is the variety of
human beings that are on the
planet adding ecosystems and
b
i
o
m
e
s
.

10. WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT?
We must respect Biodiversity. Thanks to it there
is a big variety of raw materials and services:

Food, animals, vegetables, mushrooms,etc…

Genetics reserve; for hybridization and genetic
engineering.

Medicines.

Materials;wood...

Green tourism.

11. SPECIES
950.000
ARACHNIDS
75.000
CRUSTACEANS
There are 2
million
species in
the world.
INSECTS
40.000
MOLLUSCS
70.000
NEMATODES
25.000
VERTEBRATES
46.000
PLANTS
266.000
MUSHROOMS
72.000
BACTERIA
4.000

12. HOT-SPOTS
Areas
that concentrate many
species, with a high proportion
of unique species.

14. BIODIVERSITY
PRESENTATION

15. SPAIN:
Several factors explain the high biodiversity in Spain:

Its geographical situation. We have a big variety of
climates while Europe mainly has wet ones.

The mountain relief. The abundance of mountains
increase the number of habitats and thanks to that
we can find the high mountain climate.

16.  Canarian
islands. Canarian flora and fauna is
completely different from the peninsula because of
the climate and the high number of endemic
species.
 The
economic developmental delay. Due to that
Spain could keep a lot of natural extensions in good
conditions.

17. Spain has many endangered species(37%
of vertebrates), and 15% of plants will
likely disappear.

18. For example:

23. VALENCIA:
 Valencian
 Javea
community has many endemic species.
in Alicante, it is the community area with the
greatest diversity of flora.

24. PARKS IN VALENCIAN CO.
Columbretes
islands in Castellon

25. 
El Montgó in Alicante.

26. 
La albufera in Valencia.

27. THE EXTINCTION OF
VALENCIAN SPECIES:

28.  Since
450 million years, there have been at least
five mass extinctions.
 CIESM
is an organizacion that gives oceanographic
knowledge of oceans and seas

29. AUTOCTON CRAB:
 The
auctocton crab was declared in danger
of extinction in 2004
 It
was very common in our gastronomy
before it began to be threatened.
 30
years ago this crab lived in ravines,pools
and rivers around our community.

31. SAMARUC:

It happens the same with the Samaruc, a
fish that is also in danger of extinction.

32. INVASIVE SPECIES:

Invasive species are animals and plants which have been
transported and then introduced by humans in places out of
their own natural area. They result harmful because they
endangered
the
native
b i o d i v e r s i t y.

33. For example in Spain:
American
crab:
Killer
seaweed:

34. Asian
clam:
Zebra
American
mussel:
mink:

35. Tiger
mosquito:
Florida
tortoise:
Red
palm weevil:

36. Biodiversity in L'HortaPaiporta
●
It is important to preserve and care for the
richness of ecosystems and protected areas.
●
Specially the importance of the environment
in their habitats.
●
Paiporta preserve many fields.We still have
many orange and vegetables fields nowadays.

38. MEDICINAL UTILITIES IN
L’HORTA-PAIPORTA
●
There are wild plants like chamomile or aloe vera,
thyme, peppermint, green tea which we use them
for medicinal utilities, for cooking and other uses,
and some of them are being domesticated.