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The purpose of this study is to determine how nature and environment conservation are discussed in sixth class biology text books. Another research question was to study the way the threatened species are handled in biology and geography text books and how attention is divided between them. These subjects have not been discussed, and thus this research is justified. My analysis of the subject is qualitative, as the research material consists of four different sixth class textbooks from four different publishers. The research material consisted of texts and captions appearing in these books. Investigation was executed using content analysis and the research material was analysed in inductive manner. The investigation's theoretical framework was related to conservation of nature and environment and to definitions threatened species. In this investigation the first research problem collected 309 sentences and approximately one third (31,1%) of them was placed to the first main class: forests. The sentences are divided unevenly between themes, as the difference between the biggest and the smallest main class (3. Drainage system) was 23,3%. The benefit perspective was also emphasized in the discussion related to forests and drainage systems. The threatened species were handled meagerly. There were only two textbooks which included sentences about threatened species. All the mentioned species were either animals or plants and none of these were discussed The threatened species were handled meagerly. There were only two textbooks which included sentences about threatened species. All the mentioned species were either animals or plants and none of these were discussed very thoroughly. All other organisms, like threatened fungi species, were not handled at all .