Biodiversity and conservation

Abstract

This paper looked into biodiversity and conservation. The need to achieve substantial and improvement in any country is by integrating biodiversity and creating awareness on conservation into national policy for sustainable economic development and national transformation. The presentation involved meaning of biodiversity, types of biological variety, threat to Biodiversity in Nigeria, meaning of Conservation, groups of conservation, Need or Reasons for Conservation, Methods of conserving wildlife, water, forest, soil, air, mineral resources, Importance or Benefit of Conservation of Natural Resources, Benefits of water resources conservation, Benefits of Forest, soil, air and mineral resources conservation. Ways of ensuring the conservation of Natural Resources, Examples of agencies for conservation , Some game reserves in Nigeria Problems and Difficulties Associated with Conservation, Some major challenges to Conservation Practices in Nigeria. Several recommended were made among which is that government should ratify the remaining convention and treaties in biodiversity conservation, the implementation of the millennium development goal with emphasis on poverty reduction which will reverse the degradation of the environment water and sanitation. Also, government should create more awareness on benefit of conservation, and sponsor teachers on attending seminar , conference and workshop on conservation