{"id":41,"date":"2023-10-27T08:27:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T08:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/chapter\/chapter-1-2\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T01:28:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T01:28:31","slug":"chapter-1-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/aninteractiveintroductiontoconservationbiology\/chapter\/chapter-1-2\/","title":{"raw":"Habitat loss and fragmentation","rendered":"Habitat loss and fragmentation"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nIn this chapter student will be able to:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Define habitat loss and habitat fragmentation.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Recognize efforts to prevent further habitat loss and habitat fragmentation<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[pb_glossary id=\"73\"]Habitat loss[\/pb_glossary] is define as the outright destruction of natural ecosystems, an inevitable consequence of expanding human populations and human activities. In a world where intact natural ecosystems are increasingly being altered by the activities of an ever-increasing human population and its consumptive needs, habitat loss has emerged as the number one threat facing biodiversity today.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[pb_glossary id=\"75\"]Habitat fragmentation[\/pb_glossary] creates small and isolated subpopulations that have fewer opportunities to find food, water, shelter and mates. This hastens extinctions where the species in the fragmented areas are prone to a range of deleterious genetic effects that large connected population.<\/p>\r\nLets watch this video.\r\n<pre><\/pre>\r\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wXJiHr8jWBs[\/embed]\r\n<pre><em>Adopted from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wXJiHr8jWBs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Human Impacts on Biodiversity | Ecology and Environment \"<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a>FuseSchool<\/a>\u00a0is licensed under\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/em><\/pre>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Human-caused habitat loss or habitat fragmentation is altering ecosystems on a global scale causing destruction that is irreversible. Humans are part of the great cycle of life on earth and we depend on the overall function of natural systems for our own survival. Properly function natural systems create the air we breathe, break down our wastes, provide our food, purify our drinking water and ultimately supply all the materials we require for living.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Click below to see the four efforts to prevent further habitat loss and fragmentation:<\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"7\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Self-assessment<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nFind human activities that contribute to habitat loss and fragmentation.\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"8\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>In this chapter student will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Define habitat loss and habitat fragmentation.<\/li>\n<li>Recognize efforts to prevent further habitat loss and habitat fragmentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_41_73\">Habitat loss<\/a> is define as the outright destruction of natural ecosystems, an inevitable consequence of expanding human populations and human activities. In a world where intact natural ecosystems are increasingly being altered by the activities of an ever-increasing human population and its consumptive needs, habitat loss has emerged as the number one threat facing biodiversity today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_41_75\">Habitat fragmentation<\/a> creates small and isolated subpopulations that have fewer opportunities to find food, water, shelter and mates. This hastens extinctions where the species in the fragmented areas are prone to a range of deleterious genetic effects that large connected population.<\/p>\n<p>Lets watch this video.<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-1\" title=\"Human Impacts on Biodiversity | Ecology and Environment | Biology | FuseSchool\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wXJiHr8jWBs?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<pre><em>Adopted from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wXJiHr8jWBs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Human Impacts on Biodiversity | Ecology and Environment \"<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a>FuseSchool<\/a>\u00a0is licensed under\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/em><\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Human-caused habitat loss or habitat fragmentation is altering ecosystems on a global scale causing destruction that is irreversible. Humans are part of the great cycle of life on earth and we depend on the overall function of natural systems for our own survival. 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