Drivers of species diversity loss

Ecologists emphasize that habitat loss (typically from the conversion of forests, wetlands, grasslands, and other natural areas to urban and agricultural uses) and invasive species are the primary drivers of biodiversity loss, but they acknowledge that climate change could become a primary driver as the 21st century progresses. Biodiversity loss is caused by five primary drivers: habitat loss, invasive species, overexploitation (extreme hunting and fishing pressure), pollution, climate change associated with global warming. In each case, human beings and their activities play direct roles.  · “The diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems, as well as many fundamental contributions we derive from nature, are declining fast, although we still have the means to ensure.

Biodiversity, or the variety of all living things on our planet, has been declining at an alarming rate in recent years, mainly due to human activities, such as land use changes, pollution and climate change. The European Commission presented the new Biodiversity Strategy in May , following calls from the Parliament in January to address the main drivers of biodiversity loss and set legally binding targets. “The diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems, as well as many fundamental contributions we derive from nature, are declining fast, although we still have the means to ensure. The drivers of species loss are multilateral in nature. Speech delivered by Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, during the 18th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Excellency Federal Counselor Alain Berset, Chairwoman Carolina.

May Loss of biodiversity is therefore shown to be not only an environmental of complex demographic and economic indirect drivers of change. Nov The primary contemporary drivers of tropical forest biodiversity loss include direct effects of human activities such as habitat destruction. The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture assesses its ecosystem services are in decline as a consequence of the destruction and.