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प्रश्न
List out the various causes for biodiversity losses.
Enlist the causes of biodiversity losses.
उत्तर
The causes of biodiversity losses:
- There are four major causes of biodiversity losses which are popularly known as, ‘The Evil Quartet’ which are habitat loss and fragmentation, overexploitation, alien species invasion and co-extinction.
- Pollution and pollutants (smog, pesticides, herbicides, oil slicks, and GHGs).
- Climate change.
- Introduction of alien/exotic species.
- Overexploitation of resources (poaching, indiscriminate cutting of trees, overfishing, hunting, and mining).
- Intensive agriculture and aquacultural practices.
- Hybridization between native and non-native species and loss of native species
- Natural disasters (Tsunami, forest fires, earthquakes, and volcanoes).
- Industrialization, Urbanization, infrastructure development, Transport - Road and Shipping activity, communication towers, dam construction, unregulated tourism, and monoculture are a common area of specific threats.
- Co-extinction.
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