Human Land Use and Habitat Destruction

Describe how expanding human activities, specifically building, quarrying, farming, and dumping waste, directly reduce the amount of land available for other animals and plants.

Explain the ecological consequences of destroying peat bogs and extracting peat for garden compost, particularly focusing on the permanent reduction of this specialised habitat area.

Assess how the destruction of peat bogs directly decreases the variety of different plant, animal, and microorganism species that can live there.

Understand that the subsequent decay or deliberate burning of extracted peat releases large quantities of stored carbon dioxide directly into the atmosphere.