— “the population crunch is the result of large-scale habitat destruction – burning and clearing of tropical forests – as well as hunting for food and illegal wildlife trade” read article : more than half of the world’s primates on endangered species list
art ecology science & animals
Tagged habitat loss
NEW CONSERVATION
— by the end of the century, according to projections, as many as 10 billion humans will be competing with other species for available space. and changes in climate are already forcing species to move into new terrains, migrations that will increase in the future read article : a shifting approach to saving endangered species
TO PERSIST OVER TIME
— populations with low genetic diversity may not be able to adapt to challenges such as changing environmental conditions, shrinking habitats or new diseases, which could put them at risk of disappearing read article : endangered animals can be identified by rate of genetic diversity loss
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