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1 What does biodiversity mean?
takes all kinds to make a WORLD BIOdiversity What does biodiversity mean?

2 What does biodiversity mean?
What is biodiversity? bio=life diversity=variety Biodiversity=variety of life

3 Which has more biodiversity?

4 Earth´s rich variety of life makes our world unique in the universe

5 Scientists have identified more than 2 million species.
Tens of thousands remain unknown

6 There are three kinds of biodiversity:
1.Diversity of genes 2.Variety in species 3.Variety of ecosystems

7 1.DIVERSITY OF GENES: The Galician blond,the islandic cow and the Dutch
Friesian are all cows,but they are all different!

8 2.VARIETY IN SPECIES: scientists have identified more than 2 million species.
Gorillas,sardines and people are all different species.

9 You are not alone! Humans are only one of the 2 million identified species
Where are you on this biodiverse planet? Humans are only one of 2 million identified species You are not alone!

10 3. VARIETY OF ECOSYSTEMS.:Earth has many
kinds of ecosystems and every ecosystem has unique species. Dunes (Traba) River (Baio) Sea (Touriñan) Forest (O Courel)

11 Clothes,shoes,paper,pencils… BEAUTY
What does biodiversity give us? Air to breathe Food to eat .Clean water Medicine Clothes,shoes,paper,pencils… BEAUTY

12 Today ,many species are becoming extinct at top speed
What is happening to biodiversity? Today ,many species are becoming extinct at top speed

13 EXTINCTION: when all members of a species have died
3 species become extinct every hour every day More than 20,000 species become extinct every year Quagga,South Africa. Extinct 1883 Capercaillie,Galicia. Extinct 2005 Dodo ,island of Mauritius Extinct 7th century

14 Habitat destruction Polllution Population growth Over-consumption
THREATS TO DIVERSITY Habitat destruction Introduced species Polllution Population growth Over-consumption GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

15 HABITAT DESTRUCTION

16 POLLUTION

17 EXOTIC SPECIES

18 ENDANGERED SPECIES ARE THOSE THAT ARE IN DANGER OF BECOMING EXTINCT

19 endangered species map

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30 We´ve got the whole world in our shopping bag!
Match the biodiversity ingredient with the products Willow tree paper Olive tree aspirine Cacao beans olive oil Seaweed milk Eucaliptus chocolate cake Wheat vanilla icecream Cow bread

31 You depend on biodiversity and biodiversity depends on you!
What can we do to help biodiversity?

32 We can: Protect habitats Save our forests Buy organic food Reduce Reuse Recycle

33 Biodiversity is life.Biodiversity is our life
Save Our Species

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