General Studies Paper I · Subtopic
Drivers of biodiversity loss
Official syllabus
General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization.
Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
UPSC CSE 2026 notification
What this covers
This page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Drivers of biodiversity loss.
Key ideas
- habitat loss
- fragmentation
- overexploitation
- pollution
- climate change
- coextinction
- extinction