Biodiversity

This Canadian Encyclopedia article explores Canada's biodiversity, including its benefits, threats, and initiatives to preserve this biodiversity. There are several images included in this article.

This site provides an excellent definition of biodiversity and links to a data bank of fact sheets and information about Canada's birds and mammals.

This video from the UN explains why it important to protect Earth's biodiversity. The video also provides some examples of how communities can make a difference.

Our planet’s diverse ecosystems and wildlife populations are vulnerable. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks. What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in the face of change? This video explains why biodiversity is the key.

This site from the Convention for Biological Diversity is an indepth look at the importance of biodiversity, what is being lost as biodiversity loses ground against human activities and what action can be taken to preserve the biodiversity of Earth's many different ecosystems.

In this video, a scientist explains true diversity in nature and why biodiversity is so important in the natural world.