Urbanization of previously untouched parts of nature caused an
escalation of disruptions. Even the most remote islands were
not spared, in fact, they remained the most susceptible to such
pressures. The conviction that prevails in science today is
that animals that live on the islands form an individual,
specific colony of inhabitants. For this reason and due to
geographic isolation, many endemic animal species have
developed on the islands. At the same time, more and more
species die off sooner on the islands than on the mainland.
Therefore islands are among the most endangered areas from the
standpoint of conservation of the world's biological diversity.
