Write the causes of the destruction of biodiversity?

Biodiversity means different variety of plants, animals and many other life forms on earth. The term Biodiversity was popularised by Edward Wilson. It includes microorganism, plants, animals and ecosystems such as coral reefs, forests, deserts etc.

Different causes of the destruction of biodiversity are:

*Pollution: It is a major threat to biodiversity. It is one of the most difficult problems to overcome.

*Hunting: Wild animals are hunted for the commercial utilization of their products such as meat, fur, hides and many more things. This led to great loss of animals.

*Habitat loss and fragmentation: A habitat is the place where a plant or animal naturally lives. The factors responsible for habitat loss are deforestation, fire and urbanization.

Other causes of the destruction of biodiversity are population growth, over-consumption, invasive species, species extinction and many more.