Biodiversity Loss — Causes, IPBES Reports & India's Status

Knowledge Themes

Structural Subtopics

• Five direct drivers of biodiversity loss (IPBES 2019)
• Impact of land and sea-use change on Indian ecosystems
• Overexploitation of species and illegal wildlife trade in India
• Climate change as an accelerator of species extinction
• Pollution-led habitat degradation and eutrophication
• Invasive alien species and their impact on native Indian flora and fauna
• Key findings of the IPBES Global Assessment Report 2019
• Findings of the IPBES Invasive Alien Species Assessment 2023
• Status of biodiversity hotspots in India
• Anthropogenic pressures on Western Ghats and Himalayas
• National Biodiversity Targets and Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
• Trends in India's State of Forest Report (ISFR) regarding biodiversity
• Role of Indigenous peoples and local communities in conservation
• Indirect drivers including demographic and economic shifts
• Restoration of degraded land and sea ecosystems in India