What could minimize the loss of biodiversity?
Correct Answer: \( \boxed{\mathbf{D}} \)
Rewilding restores degraded habitats and allows native species to re-establish natural populations and ecological interactions. This helps conserve biodiversity, improve ecosystem stability, and reduce the long-term loss of species.
The North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezelandiae) became extinct sometime between the arrival of humans in New Zealand and the early 19th century.
What is considered by scientists to be the most likely reason for this extinction?
A. Deforestation
B. New diseases
C. Competition with other megafauna
D. Overhunting
The satellite images show a large decrease in forest cover on the island of Borneo between 1973 and 2010. Which human activities are most likely to have caused these changes?
Correct Answer: \( \boxed{\mathbf{A}} \)
The reduction in forest cover is mainly due to logging and the conversion of natural rainforest into palm oil plantations. These activities have been major drivers of deforestation in Borneo, leading to habitat loss and a decline in biodiversity. Rewilding and afforestation would increase forest cover rather than reduce it.
