Biodiversity >> Introduction
Biodiversity: Introduction
How to Protect Biodiversity

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What is Biodiversity?
Biodiversity – Biological diversity or simply biodiversity is the variety of living things. The term is generally used to refer to native species in their proper places and balance. It includes all forms of life, the rare and the common.
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What is Biodiversity Days?
Biodiversity Days – Free local biodiversity walks during all the seasons, capped by an annual Biodiversity Days Week held during the first week of June each year.


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Burncoat Pond Wildlife Sanctuary

Why is biodiversity important?

Biodiversity is a measure of the health of our environment. Like the “canary in the coal mine”, changes in local biodiversity can provide early warning for environmental changes that may have direct human consequences.


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Changes in biodiversity can signal diminished quality of the water we drink, the food we eat, the air we breathe. Our actions in daily living can bring about changes in biodiversity, impacting the existence and health of animals and plants and the natural systems that support us. Biodiversity is important, also, as a natural asset to be respected and protected – as a legacy for future generations.
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