What is biodiversity? | Natural History Museum

Biodiversity is the name we give to the variety and amount of all life on Earth. All living things exist within their own communities, or ecosystems - oceans, forests, deserts, ice caps and even cities. All this put together is biodiversity: the volume of life on Earth as well as how different species interact with each other and with the physical world around them.

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00:00 What is biodiversity?
0:18 What are ecosystems?
0:50 How do we benefit from biodiversity?
1:00 What does a healthy ecosystem look like?
2:05 What are the causes of biodiversity loss?
2:27 How can I help protect biodiversity?