Task 7:

1. Ecologists have shown that human activity is the single biggest contributor to
biodiversity loss. Which human activities cause biodiversity loss. What should be done
to prevent this loss of biodiversity?

Like all living things, humans rely on the biotic and abiotic resources found in our
ecosystems. But because of our sheer bulk and advanced technology, we have a
disproportionately big impact on the environment. One impact is a reduction in the diversity
of creatures.
It is evident that a habitat is the location or environment in which a population or an
organism typically resides. In their environments, organisms can find everything they require
to survive, such as food, water, and shelter. Also, the right temperature. However, both human
activity and natural phenomena have the potential to harm or destroy the environment. When
human activity transforms a complex ecosystem into a simpler area with fewer habitats,
habitat destruction happens. All the organisms that had previously resided there can no longer
be sustained by the ensuing ecology. For example, fragmentation can result through the
construction of motorways, urban growth, and logging of forests. It leads to smaller, less
genetically varied groupings by preventing certain portions of a population from mating with
one another.
Humans must find new ways to meet their demands in order to stop further ecological
degradation. People can develop strategies to minimize ecosystem damage as they settle in
new regions. For instance, developers can add animal corridors to their construction plans.
These are natural vegetation swaths that link various ecosystem components. Moverover,
ecologists need to understand how species interact in an ecosystem in order to restore a
habitat.