Biodiversity in Slovenia

Tjaša Kovačič and Zala Zoran

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What does biodiversity mean?

  Biodiversity  is a degree of variation of life forms within a given species, ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet.

Biodiversity conserns the species, their genetic properties and the ecosystem.

The hot spots of biodiversity The hot spots of Earth or the spots of

congestion are the areas with a big number of different species.

Slovenia is by its rithchesness one of the ritchest countries of Europe, (around 23000 species are listed in Slovenia).

The reasons for threats and the losses of biodiversity The changes in agriculture The over-exploitation of species for hunting or

something else The destruction of natural habitats (the

uncontroled spread of urban areas, the introduction of agriculture on ares of preserved nature)

The developement of infrastructure (the building of highways)

Pollution – of the air, the ground with polluted water, the exhausts, pesticides, …

The indangered species in Slovenia In Slovenia these species are

indangered:1. 90 % species of amphibian,2. 83 % species of reptile,3. 58 % species of birds, 4. 61 % species of fish,5. 43 % species of mammals

In Slovenia there are 342 species of Pteridophyta and seed plants indangered and put on the red list.

1. Drosera intermedia (flesh eating plant)

2. Edelweiss3. Pasque flower4. Rhododendron luteum5. Arnica6. Centaurium erythraea

Flash eating plant (http://www.wetman.si/dodatne-informacije/prednostne-vrste-in-habitatni-tipi/pohorje)

Edelweiss (http://www.fotogaja.si/?m=200808) Pasque flower (http://www.pictureslovenia.com/si/oceni/?f=7288)

Arnica Rhododendron luteum http://www.svarog.si/biologija/index.php?page_id=8212)

In the red list of indangered species there are over 200 species included. The most indangered are the amphibians, mammals and reptiles:

great garden snail most of amphibians medical leech otter river crab the great garden snail

http://www.bodieko.si/tag/veliki-vrtni-polz

common viper horned viper dragonfly slow-worm

the medical leech ://vizita.si/clanek/novice/obraz-so-ji-pricvrstili-s-pomocjo-358-pijavk.html)

the otter (http://www.zivalskenovice.si/sam-svoj-mojster)

the river crab http://rastline.mojforum.si/rastline-about1238.html) the common viper (http://www2.arnes.si/~krcsod2s/ucna_pot_T2_kaca.htm)

slow-worm (http://www2.pms-lj.si/oddelki/javnost/

kaca.html)

The species that are not indangered in Slovenia 1. The plants: Astragalus carniolicus Snowdrop Daisy Wilow

Snowdrop

(http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomladanski_veliki_zvon%C4%8Dek)

2. Alimal species:

Bear Fox Carniolan bee Soča trout Owl (http://

www.kpss.si/si/o-parku/narava/zivali/gospodarji- neba/sove/cuk)

Boggy turtle Owl

The bear (http://www.silcportal.si/novice/slovenija/mednarodni-fotografski-natecaj-medved-nas-vsakdanji /)

The fox (http://www2.pms-lj.si/oddelki/sesalci/lisica.html)

The Carniolan bee (http://matjazu.org/index.php?s=fotografije&oid=128&m=63) The Soča trout (http://www.ribiska-druzina-tolmin.si/ribe.php)

How to preserve biodiversity? The separation of waste Do not throw the waste into nature Drive with the bus or the train or maybe

go with your bicycle Use the bags made out of nature-

friendly materials