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

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