Problems in maintaining biodiversity in the modern world.
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Problems in maintaining biodiversity in the modern world Biodiversity is the term used to describe the range of habitats and variety of species of animals and plants within them. (2) The maintenance and increase of biodiversity is important to keep an environment stable. If there is a loss of biodiversity then a population of a species will decrease and can only breed with each other. However, as inbreeding takes place genetic defects are caused leading to populations gradually becoming extinct. If this takes place soon most species in an environment will die out creating less diverse habitats. Problems arise with the maintenance of biodiversity when a balance needs to be reached with human interference of an environment whilst also trying to maintain the biodiversity present. (2) There are two examples of environments that need to have their biodiversity maintained: grassland and woodland. (1) There are three methods of maintaining grassland, grazing, mowing and...


