8 Major Threats to Biodiversity and Ecosystem

The fewer animals we have, the fewer humans we will have. That's why biodiversity is important. The wide variety of species on Earth, whether they're plants, animals or microscopic organisms, are vital to keep the world's many ecosystems healthy, balanced and thriving. In other words, biodiversity ensures natural sustainability for all life on the planet, think more abundant crops and fresher air, for example. But nowadays, it's facing more threats than ever. To ensure you are not causing any, check out the article of Insidermonkey which covered the major threats to biodiversity and ecosystem!

There is a great threat to biodiversity and ecosystem, because of conversion of natural environment like forest, grassland, wetland and hill into agricultural land, residential or industrial development, and road and to other purposes. The forest areas used to cover most of the region of any country but they are destroyed for various reasons nowadays. The major causes of deforestation are illiteracy, poverty, rapid population growth and improper forest management. However, developed countries such as Sweden and Finland also have high deforestation rate as you can see in our list of 10 Countries with the Highest Deforestation Rates in the World.

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