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Contents
Project Information ................................................................................................................................. 2
Contents .................................................................................................................................................. 3
Key Symbols ............................................................................................................................................. 4
General Objective of the Module ............................................................................................................ 5
Learning Goals ..................................................................................................................................... 5
1.Biodiversity & Ecosystems .................................................................................................................... 6
1.1. Biodiversity .............................................................................................................................. 7
1.2. Biomes, ecosystems and ecosystem’s services’ .................................................................... 10
2.Natural Environment & Global Economy ........................................................................................... 17
2.1. Human Dependency of Natural Environment and Resources .............................................. 17
2.2. Global economy negative impacts on natural environment ................................................. 19
3.Conservation of the environment and biodiversity ........................................................................... 22
3.1. Biodiversity Conservation ...................................................................................................... 23
3.2. EU Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Policies ................................................................ 26
4.Bibliography and references .............................................................................................................. 28
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the
views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the
information contained therein.
