ecological threat
Harm to ecosystems
An ecological threat is any factor that endangers ecosystems, species, or natural processes.
Climate change, habitat destruction, invasive species, and pollution are common ecological threats.
The term appears in conservation contexts and environmental policy: The report identified deforestation as the primary ecological threat to the region.
Unlike natural disturbances, ecological threats typically imply human causation or acceleration.
- wildfiresUncontrolled outdoor blazes
- hurricanesPowerful tropical rotating windstorms
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- invasive speciesHarmful non-native organism
- resource exploitationUsing available materials up
algal blooms · deforestation · overfishing · climate change · rising sea levels · coral bleaching · greenhouse gases · ecosystem collapse · soil erosion · illegal logging · pathogens · floods · biodiversity loss · mass extinction · endangered species · desertification · tipping point · eutrophication
ecological threatecological health
Ecosystem functioning and resilience
environmental restoration · habitat creation · nature's bounty
ecological threatecological balance
Stable ecosystem state
ecosystem health · habitat preservation · species recovery · ecological sustainability · stable ecosystem
ecological threatenvironmental conservation
Protecting natural systems sustainably
habitat restoration · rewilding · environmental protection · conservation effort · nature preservation
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