HISTORY
THE WORLD TODAY
Question
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urbanization
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deforestation
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railroads
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malaria
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to recent estimates, the world is losing 137 species of plants, animals and insects every day to deforestation. A horrifying 50, 000 species become extinct each year. Of the world’s 3.2 million square miles of the planet’s rain forests, 2.1 are in the Amazon alone.
Detailed explanation-2: -Orangutan. Indonesia and Malaysia produce more than 85% of the world’s palm oil and are the only remaining home to orangutans. Fewer than 80, 000 of these animals survive today, their habitats under constant threat of deforestation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Endangered plants are any living species of plants vulnerable to extinction shortly, either globally or in specific geographic locations.
Detailed explanation-4: -Deforestation is the clearing of the Earth’s forests on a massive scale. Forests provide habitat to a large number of species. On clearing the forests, they lose their habitat and start dying. Thus, many species can go extinct if forests are cleared.
Detailed explanation-5: -Bengal Tiger. Asiatic Lion. Snow Leopard. One-horned Rhinoceros. Blackbuck. Lion-tailed Macaque. Resplendent Tree Frog. Kashmiri Red Stag. More items •16-Apr-2023