habitat loss

New study confirms “abrupt changes” underway in Antarctica. These abrupt changes include a rapid decline in sea-ice coverage, weakening of ice sheet and ice shelf stability, and population declines in some marine and terrestrial species, due to habitat loss.

As livestock numbers grow, wild animal populations plummet. In the last 50 years, two-thirds of all wild animal populations have been lost. The main cause is habitat loss, as native forest is felled to grow grass for cattle or corn and soya for livestock.

Protecting endangered monkeys from poachers, habitat loss