Why Is Biodiversity So Important?
Provided by: The Nature Conservancy|Published on: April 27, 2021|Last updated: September 26, 2026
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Type: Videos
Subjects: Biology
Authors: The Nature Conservancy
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Synopsis
- This beautifully animated video shows the many ways that nature and biodiversity are vital to continuing life on Earth and how species extinctions and habitat destruction are jeopardizing our future.
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Positives
- This video is brief but it makes the case for nature-based solutions to protect biodiversity and wild habitat in order to protect our future on Earth.
- The animations in this video are beautiful and engaging.
Prerequisites
- If students are unaware of the extinction crisis currently underway, this PBS video, TEDx talk, ecosystem overview video, and article may help introduce the topic.
Differentiation & Implementation
- This video can be used in an ethics, social studies, or civics class to discuss if nature, wild spaces, oceans, and other species have the right to exist or if global protections should be enacted to protect interconnected ecosystems.
- This is a great introduction to lessons about ecosystems, nutrient cycling, and biodiversity.
- Other similar resources include this course about the Anthropocene, this video, this lesson, and this Wonder of Science video.
This video explores the importance of ecosystem management and restoration, an approach that supports sustainable livelihoods, forests, ecosystems, human lives, biodiversity, conservation, and human health. This is recommended for teaching.
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