Human activities have significantly caused the depletion of flora and fauna mainly through deforestation, pollution, urbanization, overfishing, and climate change. These activities lead to habitat destruction, loss of biodiversity, and extinction of species. Key ways human activities affect flora and fauna include:
- Deforestation : Clearing forests for agriculture, urban development, and logging destroys habitats for countless species and disrupts ecosystems.
- Pollution : Contamination of air, water, and soil by industrial waste, plastics, and chemicals harms plants and animals, sometimes killing aquatic life and destroying their habitats.
- Urbanization : Expansion of cities fragments natural habitats, making it hard for species to survive and reproduce.
- Overfishing : Unsustainable fishing reduces fish populations and negatively impacts marine ecosystems and dependent animals.
- Climate Change : Altered weather patterns affect habitats, and many species cannot adapt quickly, leading to population declines.
Additional factors include illegal mining, poaching, forest fires, large development projects, and overgrazing, all of which contribute further to the decline in biodiversity and depletion of flora and fauna. The combined effects result in severe ecological imbalances and threaten overall ecosystem health and human survival.
