Biodiversity

6. Gave the relationship between species richness and area
9. alien fish species posing as a threat to indigenous catfishes(Sci.N)
14. expanded form of IUCN
17. Held in Johannesburg, S.A. in 20002 in which 190 countries pledged to reduce the current rate of biodiversity loss
18. A sobriquet for the 4 major causes of biodiversity losses
19. 1st national park of India

1. 'Lungs of the planet'
2. Chemical produced by a medicinal Himalayan plant
3. Proposed the 'rivet popper hypothesis' for the survival of species
4. exploration of molecular, genetic, and species-level diversity for products of economic importance
5. Popularised the term 'biodiversity'
7. Fish species that went extinct due to the inclusion of Nile perch
8. Conserved wetlands of national importance
10. i)State the the eqn. for species-area relationship ii)What is the letter,'Z' know as?
11. Prog.initiated by govt. of India in 1980 for protection and management of forests
12. Preservation technique in which sperms, egg cells, etc. are stored @ -196 C
13. Exotic species of plant that invaded the native species in India and has caused environmental damage
15. Confirmed that communities with more species tend to be more stable than those with fewer species
16. area having endangered endemic species with very high levels of species richness