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Section sizes

Section size for Biodiversity loss (40 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	17,423	17,423	459	459
Global estimates across all species	10,041	10,041	322	322
Methods to quantify loss	4,504	4,504	134	134
Observations by type of life	36	21,598	0	871
Wildlife in general	4,249	4,249	88	88
Terrestrial invertebrates	34	3,222	0	203
Insects	138	138	0	0
Earthworms	3,050	3,050	203	203
Amphibians	78	78	0	0
Wild mammals	82	82	0	0
Birds	2,229	2,229	78	78
Plants	75	5,044	0	204
Trees	4,886	4,886	204	204
Flowering plants	83	83	0	0
Freshwater species	1,867	1,867	104	104
Marine species	4,791	4,791	194	194
Causes	3,839	46,863	46	1,960
Habitat destruction	813	7,450	85	404
Urban growth and habitat fragmentation	6,637	6,637	319	319
Land use intensification	6,540	6,540	315	315
Nutrient pollution and other forms of pollution	88	11,058	0	456
Air pollution	3,525	3,525	152	152
Noise pollution	4,521	4,521	127	127
Pollution from fossil fuel extraction	2,924	2,924	177	177
Overexploitation	358	9,373	39	407
Overfishing	4,646	4,646	144	144
Human overpopulation and overconsumption	4,369	4,369	224	224
Invasive species	4,447	4,447	127	127
Climate change	4,066	4,156	205	205
Extinction risks	90	90	0	0
Impacts	15	9,483	0	495
On ecosystems	2,782	2,782	161	161
On food and agriculture	2,815	2,815	146	146
On health and medicines	3,871	3,871	188	188
Proposed solutions	5,047	18,329	182	772
Convention on Biological Diversity	9,390	9,390	413	413
Other international and national action	3,892	3,892	177	177
See also	300	300	0	0
References	30	30	0	0
External links	862	862	0	0
Total	129,433	129,433	5,013	5,013

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Wiki Education assignment: Applied Plant Ecology Winter 2022

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Towards global concerns

Explain the towards global concerns 122.161.243.122 (talk) 18:25, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Don't understand what you're saying. EMsmile (talk) 18:49, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Of interest

I came across this article:

McClure, Tess (2025-06-03). "'Half the tree of life': ecologists' horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects". the Guardian. Retrieved 2025-06-06.

Peaceray (talk) 00:56, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, would be good to add some of the latest figures from there. EMsmile (talk) 07:47, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]