THE IMPACTS OF BIODIVERSITY LOSS

A host of plant and animal species are facing extinction because of human activities. This is having a disastrous effect on nature and life on the planet. Do your research to gain a better insight into the matter and write an essay where you discuss these effects.
Refer to my second blog, The Essay Archive, for sample essays:https://theessayarchive.blogspot.com/

Familiarize yourself with the issue

·         Nature’s emergency: where we are in five graphics https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48104037

Podcast

·         Biodiversity loss has an enormous impact on humans according to a UN report https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-04-21/biodiversity-loss-has-enormous-impact-humans-according-un-report

Reading material to make notes on

·         Treat global nature declines as an emergency https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-nature-extinction-un-biodiversity-report-2019-a8901061.html

·         Biodiversity loss and its impacts on humans https://www.nature.com/articles/nature11148

·         Biodiversity https://www.who.int/globalchange/ecosystems/biodiversity/en/

Videos to take notes from

·         What does a biodiversity emergency mean for humans? https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-48142018/what-does-a-biodiversity-emergency-mean-for-humans?ocid=global_bbccom_email_05052019_top+video

·         Humans, Biodiversity, and Habitat Loss — HHMI BioInteractive Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1drkFgHbcWY

 Why should humans care about biodiversity loss? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/science/why-should-humans-care-about-biodiversity-loss/

Academic lecture

·         Biodiversity loss and its impacts on humanity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK0Li9_H6uo