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How many species go extinct every day?


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Biodiversity:

  1. Biodiversity is a valuable natural resource.
  2. The more we lose, the more cultural assets we lose.
  3. The greater the area, the greater the number of species that live there.
  4. The number of species has decreased as the area has shrunk.
  5. There will be more strain to bear, and survival of the fittest will play a role.
  6. As forests are converted into agricultural lands and vegetation, species extinction occurs quickly.

Species extinction every day:

  1. Every day, 150 species may become extinct. There are approximately three disappearing per hour, resulting in 72 species to become extinct in a single day.
  2. The current species count exceeds 30 million. If there are 100 million species exist today alongside humans, 10000-100000 between species become extinct. each year.

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