The BBC reports

Governments from around the world are meeting later this year, to discuss how to stop human activities from causing the extinction of animal and plant species.

They hope to come up with a long-term plan to reverse the threat to life on Earth – in all its varieties – at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in China.

Biodiversity is the variety of all life on Earth – animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms like bacteria.Animals and plants provide humans with everything needed to survive – including fresh water, food, and medicines.

Read  about what exactly is biodiversity and how to protect it at  Biodiversity: What is it and how are we protecting it? – BBC News