A study assessing the effects of increasing urbanization on biodiversity states that by the year 2030, nearly three lakh square kilometers of natural areas will be devastated and transformed into cities. Its size will be bigger than the whole of Britain. Researchers surveyed over 900 studies and claimed this.
In a study published in the journal Nature Sustainability about this matter, it has been told that by 2030, 120 million people globally can come to settle in urban areas. Researchers at Canada's MC Gill University said, "This pace of development can create a new city the size of New York every six weeks."
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Andrew Gonzalez, co-author of this study and researcher of McGill University said, 'Our understanding of the effects of the increasing population of cities is important for future biodiversity goals but we need to understand and Knowledge needs to be repaired. If we are not able to do so, it may also affect our ability to formulate new and effective policies about urbanization. 'The study has pointed out that the direct impact of increasing urbanization on biodiversity is directly related to tropical coastal areas such as China, Brazil. And it will be more serious in Nigeria because the level of biodiversity here is quite high.
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