Biodiversity Loss

In the world summit on sustainable development held in 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa, how many countries pledged their commitment to achieve a significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss at global, regions and local levels by 2010 ?

Assertion : Biodiversity hotspots are the regions which possess high levels of species richness, high degree of endemism and no loss habitats. Reason : Total number of biodiversity hotspots in the world is 32 with two of these hotspots found in India.

Conservation OF Biodiversity Narrow Utilitarian || Broadly Utilitarian || Ethical Utilitarian || Biodiversity Hotspots|| Methods to Conserve Biodiversity || Insitu Conservation || Ex Situ Conservation || Conservation on Biodiversity

Loss Of Biodiversity

Loss Of Biodiversity

Causes OF Biodiversity || Losses || Reasons for Biodiversity Conservation || Susceptibility to Extinction

Which of the following is a major cause of loss of biodiversity ?