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Mention the major causes for loss of biodiversity?


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Causes of Loss of biodiversity:

  1. It can be explained by the "evil quartet".
  2. In the evil quartet, there are four major causes of loss of biodiversity.

They are as follows:-

  1. Overexploitation of natural resources
  2. Co extinction of various species
  3. Alien species invasion
  4. Fragmentation and habitat loss.

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