Summary of Session 1

In this session, you have learned why maintaining and enhancing biodiversity is important in resilience. Floodplain meadows offer that resilience through species diversity, providing food, water management and carbon storage.

This session was the first of seven sessions on different but related topics that you might be interested in. The sessions in this course are as follows:

• Session 1: Biodiversity
• Session 2: Climate change
• Session 3: Flood risk
• Session 4: Food security
• Session 5: Connection to nature
• Session 6: Water quality
• Session 7: Next steps