Biodiversity and the

Healthy Society (Task

2)
Biodiversity is the shortened form of two words
“biological” and “diversity”.
It refers to all the variety of life that can be
found on earth (plants, animals, fungi and micro-
organisms) as well as to the communities that
they form and the habitats in which they live.
Biodiversity and the Healthy Society

Healthy communities rely on

well-functioning ecosystems.
They provide clean air, fresh
water, medicines and food
security. They also limit
disease and stabilize the
climate.
 Biodiversity
Concept Mapping
 Biodiversity
Benefits Challenges
Increases ecosystem Soil and water
productivity. Strategies pollutions.
Ecological life Reforestation.
Climate Change
support. Avoid human activities
Sustains the productivity that cause harm to nature. Habitat change
of soils for farming. Limit/reduce natural resources Overexploitation
Provide more medicinal consumption.
resources and pharmaceutical Preserve natural resources. Invasive species
drugs.
Reduce invasive species. Overused that
Tourists spots on
land/freshwater resources. Recycle and reuse. causes extinction.
Deforestation and
Provide ecological materials.
overharvesting.