The world's largest tropical desert, the Sahara, has suffered a catastrophic collapse of its wildlife populations, a new study has warned.
The study assessed 14 desert species and found that a shocking half of those are regionally extinct or confined to one percent or less of their historical range.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/sahara-desert-suffers-catastrophic-collapse-wildlife-study
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/subodh-varma
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sahara
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/antarctica
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lion
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sustainable-development
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystems
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife