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Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction

Article ID: 351
Last updated: 20 Sep, 2015

Biodiversity and Extinctions ....including climate change, deforestation, and habitat loss

Here is an excellent resource from  www.globalissues.org

Loss of Biodiversity and Extinctions

by Anup Shah

The web page has the following sub-sections:

  1. Massive Extinctions From Human Activity
  2. Declining amphibian populations
  3. Reptiles threatened by climate change, deforestation, habitat loss, trade
  4. Dwindling fish stocks
  5. Declining Ocean Biodiversity
  6. Inland water ecosystems
  7. Loss of forests equates to a loss of many species
    1. Sustainable Forests or Sustainable Profits?
    2. Illegal Timber Trade on a Large Scale
    3. Legal Timber Trade on a Large Scale
    4. People and Forests
    5. More Information
  8. Misuse of land and resources
  9. Long Term Costs
  10. The Military and the Environment
  11. Attempts to promote biodiversity outweighed by activities against it
  12. Other Related Global Issues and Causes
Article ID: 351
Last updated: 20 Sep, 2015
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