Biodiversity

• What's biodiversity a measure of?

  • Variety of different species
  • The numbers of each of thoes species in a particular area
• What does biodiversity provide?

  • Food and potential foods
  • Industrial materials
  • New medicine
  • Enhances human well being
• Biodiversity and endangered species can be protected by...

  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES)
  • Sites of Special Scientific Intrest (SSSI)
  • Captive breading programs
  • National parks
  • Seed/sperm banks
  • Local biodiversity action plans