# Biodiversity

"Biodiversity" is a Top Level Category in our Taxonomy.

## Biodiversity Pathway

*Protecting and restoring nature where we live*

### Why Biodiversity Matters

Healthy ecosystems support food, clean water, flood protection, pollination, and well-being. Biodiversity loss is happening locally as well as globally—but many effective actions are possible at community and parish level.

### Biodiversity Action Guide and Biodiversity Action Toolkit

[Visit our action guide ](/knowledgebase/biodiversity/biodiversity-action-guide-and-biodiversity-action-toolkit.md)for a pathway you can start following immediately.

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### Navigation

The following sub-categories fall under "Biodiversity":

* **Habitat Restoration:** 
  * Rewilding
  * Tree planting
  * Wetland creation
* **Measurement Tools:** 
  * Biodiversity indices
  * Habitat mapping tools
* **Natural Capital Mapping:** 
  * Bioblitz
  * Biodiversity surveys
  * Ecosystem services valuation
* **Priority Actions:** 
  * Develop local biodiversity action plans
  * Enhance biodiversity in urban areas
  * Protect existing habitats
* **Urban Biodiversity:** 
  * Community gardens
  * Green roofs
  * Pollinator pathways 
* **Water quality:** 
  * Monitoring
  * Runoff
  * Treatment
* **Wildlife Corridors:** 

  * Connecting habitats
  * Preventing fragmentation


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