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Topic: Biodiversity
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Biodiversity simply means the variety of life on our planet.
You may have heard of Climate Change, but biodiversity loss is a related threat which some might say is equally important to our future.
As with climate change, biodiversity loss is largely but not entirely due to humans and has been very apparent in the last few centuries.
Human influences can take many forms, e.g. habitat destruction and introduction of invasive species, but humans can also be part of the solution. For our own sake and for the sake of the other
creatures, large and small, who inhabits our planet we must do something and do it soon.
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Biodiversity – an introduction
Biodiversity simply means the variety of life on our planet. You may have heard of Climate Change, but biodiversity loss is a related threat which some might say is equally important to our future.…
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Climate change and biodiversity
Biodiversity - the variety of life on earth – is extremely important, not only to the plants and animals who share our planet but also to the 8 billion human beings who live there. Since the Industr…
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Habitat destruction and biodiversity
In the previous session we saw how climate change is having an enormous impact on biodiversity. This week we look at how habitat destruction has until recently been an even greater threat to the well-…
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Hunting and fishing and biodiversity
As we found out in the previous session, the greatest cause of biodiversity loss is habitat destruction. In this session we shall be looking at the second greatest cause which is over-exploitation for…
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Pollution and biodiversity
Pollution, of which there are many kinds, is another of the main causes of biodiversity loss. There are animals and plants that live in the oceans and rivers, on land and in the air and sadly they are…
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Invasive species and biodiversity
Ecosystems work best when the animals and plants living there arethose that have lived there for a very long time. In these ecosystems a balance exists. One year there may be an excess ofpredator anim…
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Why we need to do better
The final session in our series on biodiversity is about Biodiversity Heroes. These are individuals, young or old and from anywhere in the world, who are passionate about increasing biodiversity and w…
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