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11 April 2018

Urbanisation and the threat to biodiversity

Master of International Relations candidate Sulagna Basu, discusses how the rapid urbanisation of cities in India and China is impacting coastal wetlands and causing habitat fragmentation for native animals. Sulagna explains that although the link between urbanisation and the threat to biodiversity is undeniable, the complications of urbanisation in developing countries have not been adequately studied.