Global warming and protecting biodiversity

The idea

Rising levels of carbon dioxide and methane are causing global warming. Its effects on biodiversity include loss of habitat as sea levels rise, changes in species' distribution, and changes in migration patterns. Ways to maintain biodiversity include breeding programmes for endangered species, protecting and regenerating rare habitats, planting field margins and hedgerows, reducing deforestation and carbon dioxide emissions, and recycling resources rather than dumping them in landfill.

1. Name a programme to protect biodiversity.
2. Explain how it helps.
3. Weigh conflicts with jobs, food or cost.

Watch out Conservation can conflict with human needs such as farming land and jobs.