Biodiversity is the variety of life. It includes all the plants, animals, fungi, algae etc. It also includes all the living organisms that live on this planet. There are 3 types of biodiversity- Genetic, Species and Ecological Diversity.

Below I have listed down some impacts of sports on biodiversity:

1)    Managing Sports facility

Building as well as managing a sports facility and starting/operating an event uses a lot of energy that can then cause air pollution, waste generation and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as ozone-layer depletion, habitat/biodiversity loss, soil erosion and, water pollution.

2)    Activities that are affecting marine habitats

Various sports like, scuba diving, swimming in oceans, etc., are held underwater and it causes marine life destruction. It also causes many aquatic animals to die.

3)    Sports Equipment

As the population increases the demand for sports equipment increases too. Some of the equipment is made of materials that the natural world (biodiversity) gives us. Materials like- wood. People are also making sports equipment with plastic, and when they are done with using the equipment it goes into landfills and never degrades, which is therefore harming and causing biodiversity loss.