Biodiversity is the variety of all life on Earth – animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms like bacteria. Plants are also very important for improving our physical environment – by cleaning the air we breathe, limiting rising temperatures and providing protection against climate change while animals and plants provide humans with everything needed to survive – including fresh water, food, and medicines ; Mangrove swamps and coral reefs can act as a barrier to erosion from rising sea levels. how are we protecting it?

