English Rewind - News Words: Biodiversity

📻 What is biodiversity - and does it matter? In this archive episode of News Words we guide you through some real English language news stories featuring the English word 'biodiversity' to improve your English news vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening.
How do you feel about the state of biodiversity in your country? Is it healthy - or is it a problem? Send us your short 'news story' on this topic and don't forget to use the word 'biodiversity'! 👇👇👇
Related vocabulary:
✔️ biological - related to living things
✔️ diversity - variety
✔️ ecosystems - the animals and plants in a particular geographical area and how they interact with each other
✔️ climate - the pattern of weather in a particular place
✔️ habitat - the natural place where particular animals or plants live
✔️ industrial agriculture - farming which takes place on a very large and intensive scale which changes the land where it takes place
Example sentences:
📻 The UN has launched the International Year of Biodiversity, warning that the ongoing loss of species around the world is affecting human well-being.
📻 This study shows that increased pollution and poor countryside management have led to increasing homogenisation of biodiversity in British woodlands.
📻 The decline in the world's biodiversity is approaching a point of no return.
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English Rewind is a collection of programmes from the BBC Learning English archive. This episode of News Words was first published on the BBC Learning English website in November 2009.
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