Habitat Loss
Tropical rain forests have received most of the attention concerning the destruction of habitat. From the approximately 16 million square kilometers of tropical rain forest habitat that originally existed worldwide, less than 9 million square kilometers remain today. The current rate of deforestation is 160,000 square kilometers per year, which equates to a loss of approximately 1% of original forest habitat each year. You can read more about this at
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