Pressures on Natural Habitats Regional Summary Africa's current natural habitat is projected to be at risk in terms of both quantity and quality. Forests would to a great extent disappear. Pressure on Africa's remaining non-domesticated area will on average nearly double in intensity.
Climate change is the dominant one of the four considered pressures.
The area used for extensive grazing will also double, putting extra pressure on the remaining non-domesticated area. The current natural habitat in West Asia is projected to be at risk, both in terms of quantity and quality. The non-domesticated area is expected to decrease from the current 90 per cent to about 75 per cent in 2015 and then to 70 per cent in 2050. Pressure on the remaining non-domesticated area in West Asia will on average double in intensity. Population density and, to a lesser extent, climate change are the dominant pressures.