Simonas Lankelis- Elwich

Life on Land
 • What is the biodiversity?
• Why it is important?
• Why it is endangered? Why does it
Questions: decline?
• And from where do we know it?
• How can we save it?
What is the biodiversity

• Biodiversity is the web of life on the

Earth.
 Biodiversity is:

1. the variety of all the species.

 Biodiversity
is:

2. the genetic variability of all the

species have inside them.
Biodiversity is:
3. the diversity of ecosystems.
Why biodiversity is important?

Biodiversity is important because of:

• recreational value: it means that people like to rest in
• natural environment.
• cultural
values:
It means
that the web
of life is the
inspiration for
writers, visual
artists,
composers,
architects, designers.
• Scientific value:
• It means that scientists have a lot to understand and investigate in natural
environment.

• Bacteria

• Animals

• Fungi

• Plants

• Protists

• This diagram shows number of known organisms ( it means that they are described, classified) (orange)
and number of unknown species ( it means that they are undescribed, unclassified)(pink).
• Negative value:
• It means that there are a lot
of dangerous organisms ( for
example viruses which cause
diseases, ticks, or crocodiles
etc.) in natural environment.
People treat them us
dangerous but they are
useful for keeping ecosystem
in balance.