JULY 10,
2019
by Philip
Mcgowan, Friederike Bolam And Louise Mair, The Conversation
"Transformative
change" is needed to prevent a million species going extinct, according
to a new
report on the world's biodiversity. Based on information gathered
over three years from land, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and drawing
heavily from the IUCN Red
List of Threatened Species, the report from the Intergovernmental Platform
on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services warns that Earth's life-support systems
may collapse if humanity doesn't change the way it values and uses nature.
But what
does this mean for everyday life? Biodiversity—which describes the variety and
abundance of species living
on Earth—is a term which doesn't travel far outside debate between scientists
and policymakers. The consequences of the biodiversity crisis can seem abstract
and difficult for many people to understand, particularly the implications for
their own lives.
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