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The greatest threat to the Brookside forest is the people who burn stuff and litter such as once when we went to the forest there was a burnt TV and computer.

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The greatest challenge in our Brookside forest is all of the litter. Some animals like areas with litter around it. If they try eating the litter there would be germs on it and that can cause diseases.

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I think the greatest challenge litter because the ecosystem is a chain and when you put garbage on the ground the ecosystem chain starts to break down and starts to pollute the air .

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The greatest challenge is litter .As you may know that if we see garbage or litter on the ground the ecosystem or biodiversity will not grow .Which will decrease the spices and it is not safe.species might think that litter may be food and you never know how it will threaten them.And some goals in life id survival.Even for us.

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I think the greatest challenge is litter because most of the litter is stuff like glass and some of the glasses are broken and if the animals go to it they will get cut and be badly hurt.

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I thin the greatest challenge and threat to the Brookside forest is Pollution because with all the people and polluted areas around it can be very challenging for the grass and the soil to be clean for other organisms to eat and breathe

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whan  people turn on fire
they burn the tree and that can rune the forest

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I  think the biggest challenge is soil pollution. Soil pollution is when there are changes in soil caused by the adding or dumping of pollutants. Pollution are harmful, unwanted materials. Soil pollution can have harmful effects on all living organisms, such as plants, animals, and humans. Some examples of pollutants include:Trash, including plastic bags, bottles, Metal from old cars or building materials. Stuff like that gets in the soil by being left there and breaks down  into the soil and it is bad for the soil. For more information click on the link below.
https://study.com/academy/lesson/soil-pollution-lesson-for-kids.html

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I think the biggest challenge in the biodiversity forest is the littering because when people throw garbage like plastic,glass and other kinds of junk
the animals might eat the garbage and they also might hurt them self with the glass like rip their skin

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I think the greatest challenges are pollution and major storms that hit the Brookside forest

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I think the biggest challenge of biodiversity in the forest is the junk nd garbage the humans throw in the forest because the animals need a clean ecosystem in order to be healthy. And us humans keep on throwing junk so they can't stay as healthy.

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I think the greatest challenge is the cleanliness in the forest since there is a lot of garbage on the ground of the forest.

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I think the cleanliness because there is a lot of garbage and non reusable objects just lying around decomposing into the soil.

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I think the Brookside forest greatest challenge is the litter.Since all of the organisms have one goal which is survival, litter would be a great threat to the organisms because litter will lead to pollution which is kind of like toxic for the organisms. The organisms will eventually die. If this happens a lot then some organisms might even go extinct, and then that will defeat the goal of all the organisms - which is survival.

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I think it is cleanliness because there is a lot of broken glass which is sharp and could dig into an animals skin and brutally hurt them.

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I think the biggest Threat is trying to not use litter   because litter is bad for every one because if there is liter people will throw it on the ground  and that can lead to the ocean and the sea creatures can get harmed also if it turns very windy the litter will fly and animals can think it is food and then they can die.

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I feel like that the greatest threat is avoiding litter. The organisms may think that litter is food but when they realize that it isn't, they choke and sadly die.

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Some of the greatest challenges that the brookside forest faces are the pollution of its river by humans.This affects the animals that drink the water and fish because they a living or drinking polluted and  water.I believe that pollution is the greatest challenge the brookside forest is facing.

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This greatest challenge I will find in the forest would be to keep it clean because there is a lot of litter everywhere there so I think that we should be keeping it clean and not litter.

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The greatest challenge will be to keep out liter from the forest because animals can come there and think it is food and they will eat it and that will harm the animals.Also stopping trees from falling down in the winter.

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Do any of these apply to the Brookside Forest? (Click to see whole article.)

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Threats To Biodiversity: Biodiversity, which literally means " the diversity of life", refers to the variety of life forms on Earth. This diversity includes all the variations that exist in all levels of biological organization.

But bear in mind that biodiversity is more than just species. To correctly classify life forms, the diversity among different habitats and ecosystems as well as the diversity among individuals regarding genetic makeup should be considered.

Biodiversity is vital to boost productivity in ecosystems where species depend on to live. However, a lot of man-made activities impose huge impacts on biodiversity.

Below, we discuss six of the biggest threats to biodiversity: climate change, habitat loss and degradation, pollution, invasive species, over-exploitation and epidemics. Learn how serious these threats are in contributing to the loss of biodiversity in our planet.

Threats To Biodiversity

Climate change refers to the long term and irreversible change that occurs in the Earth's climate. This increase in the temperature of the atmosphere has major effects on the environment such as the seasons, rising of the sea levels, and glacial retreats.

The biodiversity of organisms are affected regarding their population, distribution, level of the ecosystem, and even the individuals' morphology and function.

Because of the increase in temperature, organisms have already adapted by expanding their ranges in latitudes. Because of this behavior, many species population have declined. Aside from this, many animals have exhibited changes in the timings of their physiological functions. These include the birds and insects migrating and mating earlier than usual, which then result in some failure in breeding and production of young.

In terms of ecosystems, studies revealed that climate change has brought the expansion of many desert ecosystems and thus have effects on the function and services that the ecosystem can provide.

For humans, the rapidly increasing rate in climate change imposes great threats for human security as the natural resources are becoming more and more limited. At present, global warming and climate change already have irreversible impacts on biodiversity. And these effects, if not mitigated, can lead to more significant threats in the future.

Habitat loss refers to changes in the environment that result to the rendering of a specific habitat to be functionally valuable. The habitat can no longer accommodate and support the life of the organisms present, thereby declining their population.

Habitat loss may either be caused by natural events like natural calamities and geological events or anthropogenic activities like deforestation and man-induced climate change.

In the process of habitat degradation, the organisms that were once living in a particular area or region are displaced and are forced to relocate; thus resulting in biodiversity reduction.

Indeed, man-made efforts are the prime reasons for habitat loss. At present, the practice of clearing out ecosystems for agriculture conversion and industrial expansion continues to displace organisms of their natural habitat. Other activities include logging and mining.

Be it water, air, or land pollution, all forms of pollution appear to be a threat to all life forms on Earth. However, it plays a major threat to biodiversity when it comes to the nutrient loading of the elements nitrogen and phosphorus.

In Europe, atmospheric nitrogen is the only pollutant that has not decreased in concentration since the implementation of legislation. Its mere presence poses huge challenges to the conservation measures intended to natural habitats and species living there.

Furthermore, the presence of nitrogen compounds in water systems can cause eutrophication (excessive plant and algal growth).

The presence and accumulation of phosphorus in water systems can alter the way food webs function. Excessive phosphorus, like nitrogen can result to the uncontrolled growth of planktonic algae; thus increasing organic matter deposition in the seabed.

Another form of pollution that can damage and kill living organisms is acid rain. Acid rain, as its name suggests, is rain that is composed of harmful acids (i.e., nitric and sulfuric acid). This rain is usually a result of pollution coming from the excessive burning of fossil fuels.

Some types of pollution, like the depletion of the ozone layer, can be reversible. However, this shall only happen when humans stop or limit the use of various chemicals that contribute to its destruction.

An exotic or unnatural species can be any kind of organism that has been introduced to a foreign habitat. This introduction can cause major threats to the native species as they often become subjected to great competition for resources, disease, and predation. When these species have successfully colonized the area, they are already called " invasive " ones.

Next to habitat loss, invasive species are ranked as the second biggest threat to biodiversity.

The greatest threat that invasive species can bring is their capability to change an entire habitat. These species are highly adaptable and can easily dominate a certain area. Because many natural species survive only in a particular environment, they tend to be displaced, or worse, perish.

Some places have very low possibilities for the invasion of species. Usually, these places include those with harsh environmental conditions like extreme temperatures and high salinity.

Invasive Species Examples

When the brown tree snake was introduced to Guam (an island in Pacific ocean), it wiped out 3/4th of the bird population by eating their eggs and young birds from the nests. This is one of the examples of invasive species by predation. Read more about this here.

As Hawaiian ducks and North American ducks share similar genetic composition, they mate each other to create a new breed of ducks. This causes of gradual reduction of Hawaiian ducks species. This is an example of invasive species by hybridization. Refer to this good article from University of California for more coverage on this.

In the early 1940s, North American beavers were introduced to grow the fur industry in Argentina. The result was very astounding. Beavers chewed down the native South American tree roots and trunks which wiped out about 40 million acres of pure forest area into plain lands. Refer here for further readings on this news.

Most exotic species are brought to a certain place to replace or add something to the vegetation. It is important to note that not all introduced species become invasive. In fact, most of these attempts have become successful.

Overexploitation refers to the act of overharvesting species and natural resources at rates faster than they can actually sustain themselves in the wild. Because of this, species population is put into great risk of reduction.

Overharvesting, overfishing, and overhunting are some examples of overexploitation.

Additionally, some species of living organisms find it hard to reproduce when their number is too small.

So as a population or ecosystem continues to suffer from low species diversity, the probability of getting wiped out completely when a natural disaster or other forces increases.

If the act of overexploitation continues, it can ultimately bring extinction to many species, even if they still exist in the wild.

Aside from the five aforementioned threats, there are still a lot of drivers that may either directly or indirectly contribute to the loss of biodiversity. One good example of this are the epidemics and infectious diseases of wildlife such as Ebola virus disease, infectious bursal disease, and flu. This phenomenon does not only affect wildlife but also human health as well.

Aside from this, human-induced activities which include economic, technological and scientific, cultural, and demographic factors also have an impact on biodiversity. The desiccation of wetlands and soils owing to the excessive pumping of water tables oftentimes contributes to the death of organisms living in these environments.

The overuse of natural parks and watershed as tourist destinations and recreational spots also threatens biodiversity due to the fact that humans cause too much noise and perturbations that disrupt the animals' normal activities.

Clearly, human activities have the most significant impact on biodiversity loss. At present, our planet continues to face these threats to biodiversity.

In the future, your children or the younger generation might ask you a question along the lines of, " When the crisis on biodiversity became so rampant during the early 2000s, what did you do about it? " What will your answer be?

References

- "Wildlife Guide". Accessed October 08, 2017. Link.

- "Biodiversity". Accessed October 08, 2017. Link.

- "Climate change | Define Climate change at Dictionary.com". Accessed October 08, 2017. Link.

- "Climate Change Affects Biodiversity â€" Global Issues". Accessed October 08, 2017. Link.

- Boundless. "Threats to Biodiversity." Threats to Biodiversity | Boundless Biology. Accessed October 08, 2017. Link.

- "Pollution" Biodiversity Information system for Europe". Accessed October 08, 2017. Link.

- "Biology Threats to Biodiversity: Pollution - Shmoop Biology". Accessed October 08, 2017. Link.

- "ActionBioscience - promoting bioscience literacy". Accessed October 08, 2017. Link.

- "Biology Threats to Biodiversity: Overexploitation - Shmoop Biology". Accessed October 08, 2017. Link.

- "Biodiversity: Overexploitation". Accessed October 08, 2017. Link.

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Threats to Biodiversity | 6 Biggest Perils To Biodiversity | Bio Explorer

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Threats To Biodiversity: Biodiversity, which literally means " the diversity of life", refers to the variety of life forms on Earth. This diversity includes all the variations that exist in all levels of biological organization . But bear in mind that biodiversity is more than just species.

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The greatest challenge for the brookside forest is trying to survive the junk and plastic for the animals and also for the ecosystem.

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I think it is the cleanliness of the forest because there is glass bottles on the forest floor and because glass is sharp,animals can get hurt with the glass shards and even worse,death .

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it is important to keep the forest clean and to always do not hurt the animals

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The hardest challenge of Biodiversity is to bring back extinction

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I think it's the animals that's live's in the forest or dead because of the litter, forest fires,and pollution in the river
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I think Threats To Biodiversity in our Brookside foremost are the visitors who come in all the time.As we have seen the previous times we have went there,there is always litter or mandmade objects laying on the ground and once we even found burnt wood on the ground.