
Level of awareness of the term biodiversity Japan 2022, by gender
Biodiversity refers to the number and variety of individual species of plants, animals and other organisms that are living within a specific region. Biodiversity is one major goal of environmental protection efforts, as it is almost universally regarded as beneficial to human life. Most threats to biodiversity are caused by humans encroaching on previously uncultivated natural land, either by direct development or indirect effects like pollution.