Lesson 3
⚡ 75 XP3 steps~20 min
Biodiversity Under Threat
South Africa holds the Cape Floristic Region — the most species-dense plant biome on Earth per km². A learner in Cape Town can walk to plants found nowhere else on the planet.
What you'll unlock
1Identify at least 3 major threats to South African biodiversity (habitat loss, invasive species, climate change, overexploitation)
2Look up the conservation status of a local organism using SANBI Red Data or iNaturalist
3Write a one-paragraph threat profile for a species you have personally observed or documented