Question

Which set consists of destructive human activities that drive rapid genetic erosion and biodiversity loss?

Options

• habitat destruction, fragmentation, over-exploitation, and pollution

• biosphere reserves, national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, and sacred groves

• botanical gardens, zoological parks, aquaria, and wildlife safari parks

• seed banks, pollen banks, cryopreservation, and tissue culture

Answer 1

Habitat destruction, fragmentation, over-exploitation, and pollution accelerate genetic erosion. Shifting cultivation is also a destructive human activity driving biodiversity loss.