In shifting cultivation, plots of natural tree vegetation are burnt away and the cleared patches are farmed for 2-3 seasons, after which their fertility reduces to a point where crop production is no longer profitable. The farmer then abandons this patch and cuts down a new patch of forest trees elsewhere for crop production.This system is practiced in northeastern regions of India. When vast areas are cleared and burnt, it results in loss of forest cover, pollution and discharge of CO which in turn attributes to loss of habitat and climate change which has an impact on the faunal diversity of that regions. Impact of Industrialization on Biodiversity – Comment. Industrialization is a major contributor to climate change and a major threat to biodiversity.
Energy drives our industries, which is provided by burning of fossil fuels. This increases the emission of CO , a GHG, leading to climate change. Due to large scale deforestation, the emitted CO2 cannot be absorbed fully, and its concentration in the air increases. Climate change increases land and ocean temperature, changes precipitation patterns and raises the sea level. This intum results in melting of glaciers, water inundation, less predictability of weather patterns, extreme weather conditions, outbreak of squalor diseases, migration of animals and loss of trees in forest. Thus, climate change is an imminent danger to the existing biodiversity.
