Explain any three factors which led to the decline in India’s biodiversity.

(i) Habital destruction, hunting, poaching, over-exploitation, environmental pollution, poisoning and forest fires are the main factors which have led to the decline in India’s biodiversity.
(ii) Other causes of environmental destruction are unequal access, inequitable consumption of resources and differential sharing of responsibility for environmental well-being.
(iii) Over population is also cited as the cause of environmental degradation. However the richest five per cent of Indian society probably cause more ecological damage because of the amount they consume than the poorest 25 per cent. The former shares minimum responsibilities for environmental well-being.