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'India lost a fifth of species over 20 years': Zoological Survey of India chief
Updated On: 04 March, 2022 02:23 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Speaking on the World Wildlife Day on the topic of `The Great Extinction: The state of biodiversity (India and the world)`, Zoological Survey of India Director Dhriti Banerjee highlighted the impact of the changing climatic conditions and the loss of species
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Biodiversity, our scientists tell us, is a measure of the health of an ecosystem. The greater the genetic diversity, species diversity, and habitat diversity in a landscape, the greater the resilience of that landscape to disturbances such as pollution, invasive species, etc.
But at the same time, for multiple reasons, there has been a constant loss of species. Speaking on the World Wildlife Day on the topic of `The Great Extinction: The state of biodiversity (India and the world)`, Zoological Survey of India Director Dhriti Banerjee brought out the impact of the changing climatic conditions and the loss of species.
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