Common Terminology

• An ecosystem is a collection of living and non living things that interact with each other.

  Biodiversity is the variety of life within an ecosystem, and it’s essential for the health of the environment.
• Habitat fragmentation is the process by which a large, continuous habitat is divided into smaller, isolated patches.
• Urbanization is the process by which an increasing proportion of a population lives in urban areas, rather than in rural or suburban areas.