What’s biodiversity and why does it matter? (secondary)
Watch this video clip to find out what biodiversity means and discover why it’s important to our survival on Earth.
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Topics:
Animals, including humans, Living things and their habitats, Relationships in an ecosystem, Human and physical geography
Presenter Michaela Strachan explains how biodiversity is in decline across the world and how human activities including chemical pollution, deforestation and over fishing are contributing to that decline. (Clip length 5:47 minutes)
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