Landscape connectivity enables the internal/external movement of humans and other animal and plant organisms and also concerns movement in and through a landscape.
The landscape is made up of various connections: natural, ecological/green areas, large parks, places with animal or plant biodiversity, hydrographic elements such as the sea, rivers, ditches etc. or green linear roads/infrastructures etc.)  and anthropic.
As we know, the influence of human activity, industrial development and large transport infrastructures (roads, airports, railways, etc.) have an impact on the landscape, its natural elements and the capacity for movement within it. These impacts threaten the biodiversity present in a natural landscape, weaken natural and ecological connections and limit the landscape's ability to cope with environmental and climate challenges. This means that it is no longer able to provide all the ecosystem services that humans need, such as controlling pollutant gases, absorbing rainwater, producing food and regulating temperatures, to name but a few. An interconnected natural and ecological system is capable of counteracting the consequences of human activity and hindering the progressive impoverishment of biodiversity.
The unit focuses on learning the fundamental elements of the ecological network to realise that landscape design and the enhancement of networks are imperative actions for nature as well as for man.
By observing the natural and anthropic elements and connections of the landscape through images, photographs and digital tools (e.g. Google Earth), students will learn to identify and assess the different connections (ecological, anthropic, natural, etc.), the current state and the state of health (quality) of the ecosystem networks in the territory.

Pupils will learn that:

• Landscape allows for multiple connections at large and small scales;
• Landscape is characterised by various natural elements that constitute an ecological network;
• Human beings have an impact on the physical-natural environment that alters the ecosystem balances that form the basis of human life/health also feeding into the ongoing climate imbalance and the impacts of climate change (cause-effect relationship);
• The quality/connectivity/attractiveness of the landscape is the result of several interacting systems (natural and man-made) because the landscape is the product of the human-nature relationship;
• The landscape can be improved by identifying protection actions, and improving natural resources and ecological networks in order to limit fragmentation and loss of biodiversity.

Students will therefore be motivated to look critically at the landscape they inhabit, recognising the system of relationships and connections that are important for preserving biodiversity, promoting a sustainable, respectful lifestyle and counteracting climate change starting with everyday actions in our neighbourhood landscape. The contents aim to encourage a high quality of urbanism and landscape, reasoning and recognising the different green areas that exist in our landscapes to preserve them, connect them and understand their importance against climate change.