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Which of these is a method to fight the threats to our biodiversity?


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Unsustainable use of natural resources
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Spreading of invasive species
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Afforestation
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Urbanisation
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Solution

The correct option is C Afforestation

Biodiversity includes the variety of the species present on Earth. It includes different animals, plants, microorganisms and their genes, terrestrial, and marine ecosystems in which they all are present. Afforestation is the establishment of a forest or stands of trees in an area where there was no previous tree cover. Main threats to our biodiversity are as given below:

• Degradation, fragmentation and loss of habitat

• Spreading of invasive species

• Unsustainable use of natural resources

• Change of climate

• Changes within aquatic environment and water flows


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