Habitat destruction is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species.
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13 Facts About Habitat destruction
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Habitat destruction is currently considered the primary cause of species extinction worldwide.
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Attempts to address habitat destruction are in international policy commitments embodied by Sustainable Development Goal 15 "Life on Land" and Sustainable Development Goal 14 "Life Below Water".
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Habitat destruction loss is perhaps the greatest threat to organisms and biodiversity.
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Habitat destruction leading to climate change offsets the balance of species keeping up with the extinction threshold leading to a higher likelihood of extinction.
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Habitat destruction loss is one of the main environmental causes of the decline of biodiversity on local, regional, and global scales.
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Habitat destruction fragmentation has a major impact on animal specie populations because it deprives species of what they are naturally accustomed to.
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Islands suffering extreme habitat destruction include New Zealand, Madagascar, the Philippines, and Japan.
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Habitat destruction caused by humans includes land conversion from forests, etc.
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Habitat degradation, fragmentation, and pollution are aspects of habitat destruction caused by humans that do not necessarily involve over destruction of habitat, yet result in habitat collapse.
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Probably the most profound impact that habitat destruction has on people is the loss of many valuable ecosystem services.
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Habitat destruction has altered nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and carbon cycles, which has increased the frequency and severity of acid rain, algal blooms, and fish kills in rivers and oceans and contributed tremendously to global climate change.
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Biggest potential to solving the issue of habitat destruction comes from solving the political, economical and social problems that go along with it such as, individual and commercial material consumption, sustainable extraction of resources, conservation areas, restoration of degraded land and addressing climate change.
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