As of September 2024, more than 2,000 key biodiversity areas (KBAs) had agriculture and aquaculture as their main threat. This represented around 14.5 percent of the total number of KBAs in the world. During the same year, only 5.4 percent of the KBAs worldwide had climate change and severe weather as a main threat.
Major threats to Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) worldwide as of September 2024, by number of areas
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Website (keybiodiversityareas.org). (September 30, 2024). Major threats to Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) worldwide as of September 2024, by number of areas [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1560055/major-threats-key-biodiversity-areas-worldwide/
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Website (keybiodiversityareas.org). (2024). Major threats to Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) worldwide as of September 2024, by number of areas. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1560055/major-threats-key-biodiversity-areas-worldwide/
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