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STS Lesson 9

Biodiversity refers to the variety of living things, their relationships to each other, and how they are classified. The United Nations declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity to boost awareness of biodiversity's importance for food, recreation, medicine and more. Biotechnology uses organisms or their components to modify products, while genetically modified organisms involve transferring genes, with both having potential pros and cons that countries try to address through agreements like the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

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STS Lesson 9

Biodiversity refers to the variety of living things, their relationships to each other, and how they are classified. The United Nations declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity to boost awareness of biodiversity's importance for food, recreation, medicine and more. Biotechnology uses organisms or their components to modify products, while genetically modified organisms involve transferring genes, with both having potential pros and cons that countries try to address through agreements like the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

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Biodiversi

ty
What is Biodiversity?
 How living things are related to each other
 One can say that there is a rich biodiversity when
there are several different species and genera
cohabitate
 Different species are
classified using
TAXONOMY, a system
devised by Swedish
Taxonomy
scientist, Carl
Linnaeus
 TAXONOMY is the
hierarchical system of
classifying and naming
organisms
 It shows how even
though the living
organisms are so
diverse, they still
share many traits
The 2010 International Year
of Biodiversity
 declared by the United Nations on December 20, 2006
 About 1.75 million species are identified
 The loss of biodiversity threatens food supplies,
opportunities for recreation and tourism, and
resources for medicine, wood, and energy
 The loss of biodiversity interferes with essential
ecological functions
 The purpose of the International Year of Biodiversity
focuses on boosting awareness of biodiversity’s
importance by promoting actions to foster biodiversity
worldwide
Are there ways to diversify
species?
Biotechnology
 Uses biological systems, living organisms,
or derivatives, to make or modify
products or processes for a specific
purpose
Genetically Modified
Organisms
 A plant, animal, or microorganism, or
other organism whose genetic makeup has
been modified using recombinant DNA
methods, gene modification, or transgenic
modification
 Also called transgenic organisms because
it involves the process of transferring
genes
Genetically
Modified
Organisms
GMOs in PH
Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety
 An international agreement which aims to
ensure the safety handling, transport, and
use of living modified organisms (LMOs)
resulting from modern biotechnology that
may have adverse effect on biological
diversity and human health
 Provides data necessary to make informed
decisions before agreeing to the import of
such organisms into their country
What are the pros and
cons of GMOs?

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