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The new @IPBES biodiversity report says we are exploiting natural resources faster than they can be renewed. The good news? Business as usual is not our only option. Nature itself is a solution, if we give it the chance. http://bit.ly/30104Us



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UN Report Says More Species Threatened With Extinction  Than Any Other Time in Human History

Today, the Intergovernmental Panel for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, or IPBES, released its first report detailing past biodiversity losses and prospects for people and nature. Governments and scientists agree we are exploiting nature faster than it can renew itself. Biodiversity loss at this scale poses challenges just as severe as rising temperatures. 

Seventy-five percent of the land surface is significantly altered, 66 percent of the ocean area is experiencing increasing cumulative impacts, and over 85 percent of wetlands (area) has been lost.  The average abundance of native species in most major land-based habitats has fallen by at least 20%, mostly since 1900. More than 40% of amphibian species, almost 33% of reef-forming corals and more than a third of all marine mammals are threatened. The report adds that one million species could be extinct within decades and makes clear that most of the UN’s Aichi Biodiversity Targets for 2020 agreed to by the world’s governments will be missed.

UN Report Says More Species Threatened With Extinction  Than Any Other Time in Human History

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