1. Biodiversity Under Threat
Defining Biodiversity
Objective – To understand what biodiversity is, the three different definitions and how it can be measured.

2. Locate the habitat of the following creatures on a world map
1. Fossa
2. Pink River Dolphin
3. Bengal Tiger
6. Sun Bear
4. Tibetan Fox
5. Kakapo

3. 4. 3. 6. 2. 1. 5.

4. Mallomys giant rat
A giant rodent five times the size of a common rat has been discovered in the mountainous jungles of New Guinea.
The 1.4kg Mallomys giant rat is one of two species of mammal thought to be new to science documented on an expedition to an area described as a "lost world".
Conservationists also found a pygmy possum - one of the world's smallest marsupials - on the trip to the remote north of Papua province, Indonesia.
18 December BBC

5. Defining Biodiviersity