Editing Criticisms of globalization (section)

=== Animal Livelihood Threats ===
[[Holocene extinction#Extinction rate|Extinction rates]] in the 20th and 21st century have far exceeded the historical norm evolutionary history. In the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, global trade and expansion was growing rapidly; however, this has been accompanied by a loss of species comparable to the great extinctions of early geological times.<ref name=":32" /> The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns that corporations have prioritized high-output breeds over gene pools that could ensure future food security; about 20 percent of domestic animals are near-extinction, with a breed lost each month.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2006-12-15 |title=Globalization threatens farm animal gene pool and future food security, UN warns |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2006/12/203402-globalization-threatens-farm-animal-gene-pool-and-future-food-security-un-warns |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=UN News |language=en}}</ref> Of the 7,600 FAO breeds logged in the farm animal genetics resources, 190 have gone extinct in the past 15 years with another 1,500 species at risk of extinction.<ref name=":4" /> Globalization of livestock markets is one of the largest factor affecting animal livelihood.<ref name=":4" />

The factors resulting in habitat destruction can be narrowed down to: exploitations of populations and natural areas for production or trade, increased housing, agriculture, overfishing, road building, mining, and dam construction.<ref name=":32" /> There are also subtle effects of globalization on wild species, expansions of ecotourism-based industries, changes in land-use practice, and competition for resources has increased contact between wildlife and humans.<ref name=":32" /> It has also introduced human-pathogens to wild species such as ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' in mongooses of Botswana.<ref name=":32" /> The resulting mortality in mongooses has been near-extinction threatening.