Which of the following is the most important cause of animals and plants being driven to extinction?
Over - exploitation
Alien species invasion
Habitat loss and fragmentation
Co-extinctions
As we learnt in concept
Habitat loss and fragmentation -
This is the most important cause driving animals and plants to extinction. The most dramatic examples of habitat loss come from tropical rain forests.
- wherein
Once covering more than 14 per cent of the earth’s land surface, these rain forests now cover no more than 6 per cent. They are being destroyed fast.
Option 1)
Over - exploitation
This option is incorrect.
Option 2)
Alien species invasion
This option is incorrect.
Option 3)
Habitat loss and fragmentation
This option is correct.
Option 4)
Co-extinctions
This option is incorrect.