- Geo-demographic load: India Supports 17% population of the world with only 2.4% area of the world. This ever increasing population is putting great pressure on the natural resources of the country.
- Climate change
- Deforestation
- Habitat loss and fragmentation
- Overexploitation leading to shortening of Earth Overshoot day.
- Natural Calamities.
- Invasive species like water hyacinth, Congress grass, Lantana
DMPQ-Enumerate the threat to biodiversity in India.
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