Canadian Highway Construction Can Endanger Snapping Turtles and Bobolinks

The mechanism by which a natural ecosystem becomes incapable of sustaining its native species is known as habitat degradation (also known as habitat loss or habitat reduction). Organisms used to live on the site are replaced or die, resulting in a decrease in biodiversity and species richness.

Such displacement leading to destruction can be caused by the construction of a highway in North Dumfries, Canada.

Habitat loss happens as natural ecosystems can no longer sustain the animals that live there, causing wildlife to be displaced or destroyed. Deforestation, dredging ponds, bottom trawling, urbanization, filling of wetlands, and mowing fields are only a few examples.

Threats to Biodiversity

The biggest threat to biodiversity is habitat destruction. Forests, swamps, wetlands, wetlands, and other ecosystems are disappearing around the world as they are harvested for human use and cleared to make room for farms, homes, highways, pipelines, and other sustainable construction features. Significant natural ecosystems will continue to be destroyed without a clear effort to establish terrestrial and marine protected areas.

It has been listed as a major threat to 85 percent of all species on the IUCN Red List (those species officially classified as "Threatened" and "Endangered").

The turning of natural forests into farmland is aided by increasing food production.

Expansion of agricultural land, extensive harvesting of timber, wood for food, other forest materials, and overgrazing are the main causes of forest destruction and erosion.