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Caring for ecosystems and biomes requires an understanding of the interdependence of flora, fauna and the impact of changing climate on these intricate systems. Changing our actions and attitudes toward the environment are key to sustaining life on land.
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About Terrestrial Ecosystems & Biomes
About Terrestrial Ecosystems & Biomes
The Differences Between Biomes & Ecosystems
Audience: Teen
Source: Sciencing
Format: Informative text
Terrestrial Ecosystem Collection
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic Education
Format: Collection of maps, encyclopedia articles & infographics describing land-based ecosystems
Audience: Youth, teen
Source: Active Wild
Format: Web page with links to information and illustrations about land, plants, and animals
Forests
Forests
Mapping the world's forests: How green is our globe?
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Visual Capitalist
Format: Infographic and text
Visualizing the world’s loss of forests since the Ice-Age
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Visual Capitalist
Format: infographic and explanatory text
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: WeForest
Format: Website of international reforestation organization. WeForest - YouTube channel.
Rainforests
Rainforests
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic Education
Format: Informative text with a glossary and links to additional resources
Here's why the Amazon is so important For global food security
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Visual Capitalist
Format: Infographic and text
How Forests Fight Climate Change
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Rainforest Alliance
Format: Informative text and photographs
Audience: Teen, adult
Format: Website for the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve in DR-Congo. Includes text, videos, and maps
4 vital steps to protect the world’s remaining rainforests
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: World Economic Forum Climate Action Agenda
Format: informative and persuasive text with infographics
These are the 10 key actions needed to save the Amazon rainforest, scientists say
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: World Economic Forum Climate Action Agenda
Format: Informative text with embedded videos and infographics
Biosphere shows how drought affects rainforests
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: World Economic Forum Nature & Biodiversity Agenda
Format: Informative text with infographic and embedded podcast episode
Biodiversity and the Amazon Rainforest
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Greenpeace
Format: Informative text with photographs
Grasslands & Savannas
Grasslands & Savannas
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic Education
Format: Informational text glossary and photographs
Audience: Youth
Source: National Geographic Kids
Format webpage with photographs and informative text
Saving Our Grasslands: Why They Matter, Why We Are Losing Them, and How We Can Save Them
Audience: Adult
Source: World Wildlife Fund
Format: Conservation recommendations (PDF)
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Regeneration
Format: Informative text and suggested advocacy steps for grassland preservation
Grasslands 101: Everything You Need to Know
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: EcoWatch
Format: Informative text with photographs
We’ve lost millions of acres of grasslands. Here’s how we can protect what’s left.
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: World Wildlife Fund
Format: Webpage and report (PDF) with policy suggestions
Savanna Biome: Climate, Locations, and Wildlife
Audience: Youth, teen
Source: Treehugger
Format: Educational blog post with photographs
Audience: Youth, teen
Source: Let's Talk Science
Format: Informational text with photographs. Available in English and French
Deserts
Deserts
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic Education
Format: Informational text with glossary and photographs
Audience: Youth, teen
Source: Active Wild
Format: Informative text with photographs
Audience: Youth, teen
Source: UN Environment Programme
Format: Interactive Journey with informative text and photographs
Audience: Youth, teen
Source: NASA Earth Observatory
Format: Informational text, infographics, and photographs
Deserts are getting hotter and bigger.
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: World Economic Forum Climate Action Agenda
Format: Informational text with photographs and embedded link to podcast
Tundra & Taiga
Tundra & Taiga
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic Education
Format: Informational text with glossary and photographs
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic Education
Format: Informational text with glossary and photographs
Warming Temperatures Are Driving Arctic Greening
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: NASA Climate Change
Format: Informative text with embedded video
The world’s boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: The Conversation
Format: Informative text with embedded video
Conserving Animal Habitats
Conserving Animal Habitats
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: NatGeo Kids
Format: Website with images and informative text
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: NatGeo Kids
Format: Website with images and informative text
Confronting Desertification
Confronting Desertification
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic (email login required to access free article)
Format: informative text
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Format: Website dedicated to supporting the Great Green Wall for land preservation of the Sahel, includes informational resources, photographs, and virtual reality
Videos
Videos
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: World Land Trust YouTube channel
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: Conservation International
Format: 360-degree video of Amazon rainforest
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: UNESCO Office for Climate Education YouTube channel
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: UNESCO Office for Climate Education
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: DW Documentary YouTube channel
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic YouTube channel
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: One Tree Planted
Format: YouTube video channel of short videos
Would You Stay if Your Home Became a Desert?
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic
Podcasts
Podcasts
Audience: Adult
Source: The Common Descent
Format: Webpage with embedded long-form podcast episode (closed captioning possible)
The Geographical Podcast: Can Desertification Be Stopped?
Audience: Adult
Source: Geographical
Format: Informative text with link to podcast
Audience: Adult
Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Down to Earth: How a Great Green Wall is Bringing Life Back to the Desert
Audience: Adult
Source: International Institute for Sustainable Development
Rewilding Earth Podcast: Voices for the Wild
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Rewilding Earth
Format: Podcast episodes include text introduction with background information and photographs
Teaching Materials
Teaching Materials
Reforestation: Impact on Climate
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: PBS Learning Media
Format: interdisciplinary lessons that emphasize language skills
Environmental Curriculum for Schools
Audience: Youth, teen
Source: Rainforest Alliance
Format: Searchable database of educational guides and lessons, many in Spanish versions
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Source: British Council
Format: Curriculum guide, and 9 lessons with PowerPoint slides
Biosphere 2 Rainforest Virtual Field Trip | The Arizona Collection
Audience: Youth, Teen
Source: PBS Learning Media
Format: Virtual field trip with lesson guides
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