Transcript: What is Biodiversity?

When I think of the term biodiversity, it is just a reflection of what’s on the landscape: plants, animals, water systems, small streams, rivers, lakes, and all of the things that utilize those: fish, mussels, birds, snakes, frogs. It’s all that richness of life, insects, and all those beautiful things that all have an intricate role.

Biodiversity is the sum of all life and the connections it has. It is the scope of small scale to large scale depending on upon what you are considering. It could be from the microorganisms in the soil up to water sources like mammals and a environment needed to sustain themselves. Short answer, that’s what biodiversity is.