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Impacts of Land-use Change on Biodiversity of Tropical Forests
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Abstract
The tropics possess a higher level of biodiversity compared to other climatic regions on the Earth. The tropics have diverse ecosystems such as forests, savannas, mountains, wetlands, and coral reefs, which provide habitat for thousands of species of fauna and flora. Tropical forests are one of the important tropical ecosystems with high biodiversity. Humans modify tropical forest landscapes on a large scale and use them for different purposes, including logging, mining, agriculture, pastures, urbanization, and road construction. Humans attain resources and profits through transforming tropical landscapes while making negative impacts to biodiversity and the environment of tropical forest ecosystems. Land-use change further causes habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, climate change, pollution, and species invasion of the tropical rainforests. These drivers lead to ecosystem destruction and the biodiversity crisis in the whole tropical region.
Keywords
Tropical forest, land-use change, biodiversity crisis, environmental impacts
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Li,L. (2025). Impacts of Land-use Change on Biodiversity of Tropical Forests. Theoretical and Natural Science,81,19-24.
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