The importance of biodiversity on environmental preservation cannot be stressed enough. Upon completion of this course, it is vital that you understand the nature of biodiversity and how it interacts with a number of biological processes. Thus, you are to write a research-based paper that utilizes at least four scholarly sources to discuss biodiversity and its importance to environmental conservation. At a minimum your paper should address the following in detail:
Explain biodiversity and how it is measured.
Evaluate how biodiversity is important to environmental conservation.
Evaluate how each of the following concepts affect biodiversity:
Biological evolution
Competition and ecological niches
Food webs
Geography
Human generated pollution and land use change
Identify the techniques that humans can utilize to ensure conservation of ecosystems.