ENVIRONMENT|deterioration of the environment
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- ecosystem collapse
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- Definition state where an ecosystem has lost its defining environmental or natural features or has been replaced by a different type of ecosystem Reference "COM-Terminology Coordination, based on: The International Union for Conservation of Nature, 'Defining ecosystem collapse' (27.4.2020)"
- Comment Ecosystem collapse can lead to catastrophic declines of carrying capacity and mass extinction (known as ecological collapse), and can also pose existential risk to human populations.