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Definition(s)

A decline in species-specific habitat quality that leads to reduced survival and/or reproductive success in a population e.g. related to changes in food availability cover or climate. (Source: IUCN)

Loss of suitable habitat for a given species as such that the particular species no longer occurs in that area. (Source: D.B. Lindenmayer, J. Fischer: Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change, Island Press 2013) This concept also includes habitat fragmentation, caused by geological processes or human activities.

In other languages

French
disparition d’habitat
Russian(俄语)
утрата среды обитания
Spanish
pérdida de hábitat
Arabic(阿拉伯语)
فقدان الموئل

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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with Habitat loss

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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Convention on Migratory Species

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