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There are about 14 million species on Earth. To date fewer than 2 million of them have even been named
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Three-quarters of the staple crop plants and 90 per cent of the world’s flowering plants rely on insects and other creatures to pollinate them. Bees and other insects control pests and are food for other animals.
Food, fresh air, clean water, medicines, a stable climate – life on Earth provides the essentials of daily living for everyone. 
But we are in danger of losing the range and variety of life on Earth. One in four mammal species, one in eight species of birds and potentially millions of smaller species could face extinction. Wildlife habitats are disappearing at an alarming rate and a damaged environment will hurt us all.
Richer countries and powerful companies are using more than their fair share of resources
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Wildlife & Habitats booklet
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Wild flowers like foxgloves provide chemicals used in medicines. In Europe some 1,300 medicinal plants – 90 per cent of them collected from the wild – are used commercially
Teachers need prior knowledge of different types of habitats, what they give us (food, shelter, medicines etc) and why it is important that we protect them and Students should have prior knowledge of what a habitat is. The link below are to the lesson plans accompanying the above booklet, “Wildlife & Habitats” which will cover the following curriculum areas:
- Citizenship Key stage 3
Unit 21: People and the environment
Geography Key stage 3
Unit 14: Can the earth cope?
Science Key stage 3
Unit 7C: Environment and feeding relationships
Unit 8D: Ecological relationships
Unit 9D: Plants for food
KS4 - Sustainable Development Fact Sheet
- Sustainable Development Teacher Pack