In the United Kingdom, the fungus has yet to appear, but habitat destruction remains a major threat.

CNN: Architects building dream homes for bats

This figure does not include the animals lost by habitat destruction and pollution, which in Europe alone counts for many millions of animals.

BBC: Animal Underworld

For some species, such as the Lao newt, smuggling can have a devastating effect, but most amphibians face the much greater threat of habitat destruction.

BBC: Should the location of newly discovered species be hidden?

The wild population has declined due to habitat destruction.

BBC: Devon charity to track endangered macaque

The Atlantic salmon, as a species, suffered an alarming decline in the 1970s and 1980s, going from 1.8 million fish in North America to 418, 000 in the 1990s, thanks to commercial overharvest and habitat destruction (like dams).

FORBES: PETA Still Has It All Wrong

The story beginning overleaf assesses the implications for marine biodiversity of transgressing planetary boundaries, due to human-induced changes to the climate system, pollution and ocean acidification, as well as more direct threats like invasive species, overfishing and habitat destruction.

UNESCO: Open Access to Scientific Information

Second, the unintentional destruction of their habitat as farms and villages encroach deeper and deeper into the last remaining wild acres.

FORBES: How the Life of a Chipmunk in Michigan Came to Save Elephants and a Million Acres in Cambodia

He managed to stop the cutting of virgin forest (and the destruction of golden monkey habitat) in Yunnan province.

ECONOMIST: Liang Congjie

When we hear the door of the very last bookstore slam shut with the same sort of "sickening smack" that announced the chopping of the last Truffula tree, will the Once-lers of the digital world regret their destruction of the old literary habitat?

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