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A Biodiversity Primer for Ontario
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Learn more:
- What is biodiversity?
- Why you should care about biodiversity?
- Different levels of biodiversity
- The importance of connections
- How ecosystems function
- Threats to biodiversity
- Reducing the threats to biodiversity
- Ontario's Biodiversity Strategy
- What can you do to help?
- Resources and more information
- Appendix A: The Benefits of Healthy Ecosystems
- Appendix B: Glossary
Learn what biodiversity is, why we are losing it and what you can do to help protect and restore species, habitats and ecosystems. This primer will also help you understand the benefits of healthy ecosystems and the contributions of biodiversity to those ecosystems.
Clockwise from bottom left: Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens), water drop, Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea), White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) and microbe.
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All images from iStockPhoto.com except White Pelican by JD Taylor.
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