SDGs

The Sustainable Development Goal 15 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is
devoted to “protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably
manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt
biodiversity loss”.

CAUSES OF FAUNA BIODIVERSITY LOSS

The threats to fauna biodiversity can be summarized in the following main points:

Climate change

With heat available, temperature and rainfall patterns change, upsetting the natural order of
breeding and resource availability. Also, ecosystems that rely on the presence of ice shrink as
melting breaks them down. Global warming itself does not necessarily produce biodiversity loss,
but climatic changes (some of which are sudden and drastic) can modify ecosystems and the
expectations of the species within them significantly.
Pollution
Pollution is the addition of unneeded or harmful nutrients or substances to an ecosystem. In a
polluted area the quality of food, water, or other habitat resources declines, sometimes to the
point where some species must move away or perish if the pressure is too great.
Overexploration
Overexploitation (overhunting and overfishing) is the process of overharvesting aquatic or
terrestrial animals, depleting stocks of some species while pushing others to extinction. In
addition, excessive forest exploitation is also very influential on the loss of fauna biodiversity.
because the forest is the habitat of fauna
Invasive species
An invasive species is any non-native species that significantly modifies or disrupts the
ecosystems it colonizes. Invasive species can disrupt ecosystems because they are better
competitors than native species; they may consume food resources more rapidly or more
efficiently or take over habitats faster than native species can adapt to the new changes. Some
invasive species prey on native species, and if the native species have no natural defenses against
the invaders, they may be eliminated rapidly.