Habitat destruction

As the human population increases, we use more land for agriculture, cities, and towns, which leads to habitat destruction, degradation, and fragmentation.

Habitat Destruction

Radiated tortoise in Madagascar with destroyed habitat. As the radiated tortoises are herbivores, grazing constitutes 80-90% of their diets, while they also eat fruits and succulent plants. They are known to graze regularly in the same area and are now endangered because of habitat destruction

The tropics lost 15.8 million hectares of tree cover in 2017, an area the size of Bangladesh. That’s the equivalent of losing 40 football fields of trees every minute for an entire year!

Photo by @jasperdoest // On a local landfill site in Portugal, white storks (Ciconia ciconia) wait for food to be delivered. Landfills have helped revive the the European population of these birds, which was close to extinction at the end of the 20th century due to use of heavy pesticides and habitat destruction. Recent scientific studies have shown that some populations have changed their migratory behavior as the landfill sites provide food 365 days a year. Storks that stay risk being…

Some of the causes of biodiversity loss include: ~ Habitat destruction ~ Invasive species ~ Human overpopulation ~ Pollution ~ Climate change ~ Over harvesting

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Read about the loss of natural habitats due to human activities like agriculture, mining, the logging of forests, and so on. With a vocab list, comprehension quiz and links to related materials. For ESL learners and teachers.

Protecting biodiversity is key to the future flourishing of humanity.

Controlled burning of forestland helped limit the severity of one of California's largest wildfires, according to geographers.

Habitat destruction, alteration and fragmentation

This demonstrates deforestation because it shows how the man is ruining all of the animal's homes, and slowly, the land will be a city, just like it shows on the left.

Stop The Wildlife Trade: ‘Extinction breeds extinction’, says grim new study revealing more than 500 species are on course to go extinct in next two decades - around the same figure for the whole of the twentieth century

Most deforestation, which is a leading driver of wildlife destruction, happens due to the demand for animal products. The more meat, dairy, and eggs that people eat, the more wildlife and habitat get destroyed. This destruction hastens climate change, too.

negative environmental impacts of carbon emissions

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