What is meant by 'Evil quartet'.
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Jared Diamond describes an "Evil Quartet" of habitat destruction, overkill, introduced species and secondary extinctions. Edward O. Wilson prefers the acronym HIPPO, standing for Habitat destruction, Invasive species, Pollution, human over-Population and Over-harvesting.
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The four major causes that speed up the demolishment of species and harmed the biodiversity is nicknamed as ‘evil quartet’.
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The biodiversity is harmed and species are lost because of the ‘evil quartet’, the four factors. These quartets are- pollution, poaching, deforestation and exotic species introduction. The excessive pollution in atmosphere is responsible for species destruction.
Poaching is another reason that has decreases the amount of species in bio diversity. The extensive amount of deforestation to establish human habitats is the other reason. Lastly, as exotic species are being introduced, it surprisingly replaced the existing species.
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