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Question
What will happen if biodiversity of an area is not preserved? Mention one effect of it.
Solution
Consequences if biodiversity of an area is not preserved:-
(a) It can result in environmental disasters such as floods, forest fires, and hurricanes.
(b) It can bring about soil erosion and desertification as a result of deforestation.
(c) It can bring about large-scale habitat losses and extinction of vulnerable animal and plant species.
If biodiversity of an area is not preserved, it will lead to an extinction of certain organisms from the trophic levels of a food chain which in turn will disturb the balance of the ecosystem.
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