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The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future: Ritchie, Hannah; Roser, Max (2021-04-15). "Habitat loss". Our World in Data. Comment: This is a great series of articles and data visualisations analysing on human impacts on extinciton and habitats throughout the Holocene

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Section sizes Section size for Holocene extinction (36 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 23,819 23,819 Background 2,568 2,568 Overview 3,817 42,948 Extinction rate 16,353 16,353 Attribution 1,541 1,541 Scientific debate 11,265 11,265 Anthropocene 7,976 7,976 Human ecology 1,996 1,996 Historic extinction 134 14,901 Human activity 21 9,883 Activities contributing to extinctions 6,016 6,016 Agriculture and climate change 3,846 3,846 Climate change 4,884 4,884 Contemporary extinction 91 68,294 History 28,583 28,583 Recent extinction 6,436 6,436 Habitat destruction 12,072 12,072 Climate change 4,448 4,448 Overexploitation 10,299 10,299 Disease 6,365 6,365 By region 1,080 48,408 Africa 824 824 Eurasia 4,469 4,469 Americas 8,988 8,988 Australia 5,109 5,109 Caribbean 1,529 1,529 Macaronesia 9,572 9,572 Pacific 7,401 7,401 Madagascar 6,792 6,792 New Zealand 2,644 2,644 Mitigation 17,585 17,585 See also 620 620 Notes 24 24 References 33 33 Further reading 5,340 5,340 External links 3,205 3,205 Total 227,745 227,745

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I don't think the dodo bird is an adequate representation of the subject. This is an ongoing extinction event, which some say has gotten significantly more severe in the 20th century. I propose we add a catalog of related image showing deforestation, fisheries, cities, pollution, etc.I don't think the dodo bird is an adequate representation of the subject. This is an ongoing extinction event, which some say has gotten significantly more severe in the 20th century. I propose we add a catalog of related image showing deforestation, fisheries, cities, pollution, etc. Alexander Shipfield (talk) 20:53, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The dodo is an icon of modern human-caused extinctions. Given that humans are likely responsible for hundreds, possibly thousands of bird extinctions on islands across the Holocene [1] don't see why it needs to be changed. Hemiauchenia (talk) 21:29, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The dodo is insignificant ecologically, it's an endemic island bird. I would argue that human the deforestation of the amazon rainforest is much more relevant and worth representing. Alexander Shipfield (talk) 21:42, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How is the extinction of hundreds, possibly thousands of bird species across the Holocene "insignificant ecologically"? The dodo was likely an ecologically important seed disperser. The fact they are island endemic is irrelevant. Humans have been having a significant effect on the planet's biodiversity long before 1950.

Hemiauchenia (talk) 21:58, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]