EXPLORING BIODIVERSITY: A Guide for Educators Around the World

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CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL Conservation International (CI) is a global leader in conservation, working to protect threatened ecosystems in over 30 countries. Based in Washington, DC, CI focuses its resources and expertise in parts of the world where the needs are the greatest—biodiversity hotspots, major tropical wilderness areas, key marine ecosystems, and select major wetlands. CI’s mission is to conserve the Earth’s living natural heritage, our global biodiversity, and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature. The International Environmental Education (EE) Program at Conservation International is part of the International Communications Department in the Field Support Division. The program works with a network of educators in CI field offices to educate youth in priority conservation countries about human connections to their environment in order to promote responsible behavior and commitment to biodiversity conservation. Specifically, the program provides support to field offices in designing locally tailored EE strategies, building the capacity of educators, producing and distributing educational tools, and evaluating the effect of EE programs and activities. WORLD WILDLIFE FUND For more than four decades, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has supported efforts around the world to protect the Earth’s endangered wildlife and wildlands. WWF activities include saving critical species such as tigers, pandas, whales, and rhinos; creating and preserving protected areas; providing education programs for all ages; helping people improve their living standards; and helping to tackle global environmental issues such as pollution, deforestation, and over-fishing. WWF works in more than 100 countries and is part of the international WWF network, with organizations in more than 50 countries. Windows on the Wild, or WOW, is an environmental education program of WWF that uses biodiversity as a “window” to explore the incredible web of life and how all living things are interconnected. The goal of WOW is to educate people of all ages about biodiversity issues and stimulate critical thinking, discussion, and informed decision making on behalf of the environment. WOW also explores the complexity of biodiversity—looking at scientific, social, political, cultural, and economic contexts. Initial funding for Windows on the Wild and the program’s ongoing support of environmental education in the United States and abroad has been provided through a generous grant from Eastman Kodak Company. 84
For more information about the Exploring Biodiversity educators’ guide or education programs at CI or WWF, please contact us: International Environmental Education Program International Communications Department Field Support Division Conservation International 1919 M Street, NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 USA Tel: 202-912-1000 www.conservation.org education@conservation.org Education Department World Wildlife Fund 1250 24th Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 USA Tel: 1 (202) www.worldwildlife.org edmail@wwfus.org
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .
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p SECTION 1 WHAT IS BIODIVERSITY? 1
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SECTION 2 BIODIVERSITY CONNECTIONS
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