We're in trouble: UN report claims species in Nature are being lost in the thousands
5 years, 8 months ago

We're in trouble: UN report claims species in Nature are being lost in the thousands

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The report reads like a charge sheet against the most destructive creatures in History: HUMANS A landmark UN report on the state of Nature, obtained by AFP, makes for grim reading, showing how humanity has wreaked havoc with the environment. The report, compiled from more than 15,000 academic papers and research publications, estimates that 75 percent of land, 40 percent of oceans and 50 percent of rivers “manifest severe impacts of degradation” from human activity. In Europe and North America, humans now consume several times the recommended intake of meat, sugar and fat for optimal health, while 40 percent of the world’s people lack access even to clean drinking water. Agribusiness expansion has also led to the disappearance of vast swathes of CO2-absorbing forests: Earth has lost 290 million hectares — around six percent — of its forests since 1990. An IPBES report goes much further, however, projecting that between 500,000 and one million species could face oblivion due to pollution and habitat degradation.

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Slight progress in global biodiversity protection efforts but some species decline, new reports find
2 months, 1 week ago

Slight progress in global biodiversity protection efforts but some species decline, new reports find

The Independent  

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To save nature, world leaders aim to turn words into action at biodiversity summit
2 months, 3 weeks ago

To save nature, world leaders aim to turn words into action at biodiversity summit

NPR  

To save nature, world leaders aim to turn words into action at biodiversity summit toggle caption Ivan Valencia/AP Two years ago, nearly every country on Earth signed on to a landmark agreement to protect the fast-eroding natural world. It was celebrated as the “Paris moment” for the world’s threatened and endangered plants, animals and ecosystems — a global pledge aimed …

Climate change solutions not always good for biodiversity
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate change solutions not always good for biodiversity

Raw Story  

Some approaches to tackling global warming can have unintended knock-on consequences for nature and the protection of biodiversity, say scientists urging a more coordinated effort on these challenges. The IPBES and the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned in 2021 that a siloed approach risked "actions which, inadvertently, prevent the resolution of one or the other problem, or even …

Amazon rainforest stores carbon for the world, but this carbon sink is at risk, a study finds
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Amazon rainforest stores carbon for the world, but this carbon sink is at risk, a study finds

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Amazon rainforest stores the …

Climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by mid-century: report
8 months, 1 week ago

Climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by mid-century: report

The Hindu  

Climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by the mid-century, a new research has found. “By including all world regions in our model, we were able to fill many blind spots and address criticism of other approaches working with fragmented and potentially biased data,” said Henrique Pereira, research group head at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity …

Half of animal species in population decline worldwide, research finds
1 year, 7 months ago

Half of animal species in population decline worldwide, research finds

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Almost half of the animal species on the world’s surface are currently undergoing declines in …

Climate crisis: World's forests losing ability to absorb carbon, finds study
1 year, 10 months ago

Climate crisis: World's forests losing ability to absorb carbon, finds study

Hindustan Times  

A landmark study has found, the world's forests are losing their ability to absorb carbon due to increasingly 'unstable' conditions caused by humans. The scientists say these global variations could make it harder to predict the global impact of schemes to absorb carbon. Dr McGuire said: "We found that large regions of the world are vulnerable to sudden and dramatic …

Explained | A new global biodiversity framework
2 years ago

Explained | A new global biodiversity framework

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations agreement to conserve and sustainably use earth’s biodiversity, got a boost at a conference held in Montreal recently, when 188 of 196 member governments agreed on a new framework to halt the sharp and steady loss of biological species. It sets out targets for 2030 on protection for …

DC Edit | Biodiversity pact: A good start
2 years ago

DC Edit | Biodiversity pact: A good start

Deccan Chronicle  

Humans have moved up at least to the extent of wishing to do something concrete about the nature that they have been destroying for decades, and at great intensity in the industrial age. Nearly 200 nations signing a pact to try and undo the damage to biodiversity, by-product of the massive overall destruction wrought, is a sign that we are …

A planet in crisis: on tangible outcomes from biological diversity convention
2 years ago

A planet in crisis: on tangible outcomes from biological diversity convention

The Hindu  

A month after the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Egypt, diplomatic retinue went into a contentious huddle again to save the planet — in Montreal, Canada, this time, and as the Convention on Biological Diversity. There are no world leaders and heads of state making grandiloquent commitments because the CBD largely …

Earth could face a mass EXTINCTION by 2100
2 years ago

Earth could face a mass EXTINCTION by 2100

Daily Mail  

Earth faces a mass extinction by 2100 that could wipe out more than a quarter of world biodiversity, a new study warns. Earth will lose some 10 per cent of its animals and plants by 2050, rising to 27 per cent by 2100 The world has experienced five mass extinctions over the course of its history, and experts claim a …

‘Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction’: UN
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction’: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN chief Antonio Guterres says the COP15 talks on biodiversity must stop humanity from ‘committing suicide by proxy’. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has slammed multinational corporations for turning the world’s ecosystems into “playthings of profit” and warned failure to correct course would lead to catastrophic results. “With our bottomless appetite for unchecked and unequal economic growth, humanity has become a …

‘Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction’: UN
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction’: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN chief Antonio Guterres says the COP15 talks on biodiversity must stop humanity from ‘committing suicide by proxy’. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has slammed multinational corporations for turning the world’s ecosystems into “playthings of profit” and warned failure to correct course would lead to catastrophic results. “With our bottomless appetite for unchecked and unequal economic growth, humanity has become a …

Human population is 8 billion strong: Where does it leave space and resources for animals and other species?
2 years, 1 month ago

Human population is 8 billion strong: Where does it leave space and resources for animals and other species?

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Nearly 20 plant and animal species are becoming extinct every hour according to a National Wildlife Federation report from the US Even on a slowing basis, the world has generated a population of 8 billion human beings as of the middle of November 2022. In the last 60 years, the human population has doubled and the wildlife population has not …

Global wildlife populations plummet since 1970
2 years, 2 months ago

Global wildlife populations plummet since 1970

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “If wildlife and nature can’t survive then neither can we.” The UK government needs to set out plans to …

Mass extinction of up to 90 PERCENT of all marine species could happen by 2100
2 years, 4 months ago

Mass extinction of up to 90 PERCENT of all marine species could happen by 2100

Daily Mail  

Nearly 90 percent of all marine species are at high or critical risk of going extinct by the end of the century if humans do not curb greenhouse emissions, a new study warns. A team of researchers led by Dalhousie University in Canada, evaluated climate risks of nearly 25,000 species that live in the upper 328 feet of the ocean …

World Environment Day: Giving nature the right of way
2 years, 7 months ago

World Environment Day: Giving nature the right of way

Live Mint  

On my last field visit to the Aravallis, a curiously bright creature ran over my toes. Just this year, fires have seared the forests of the Sariska tiger reserve, cyclone Asani has brushed past east India, and decadal heat records have been shattered. It is interesting, then, that India is attempting to change its suite of environmental laws, including the …

Explained: What to expect from the world's sixth mass extinction
2 years, 11 months ago

Explained: What to expect from the world's sixth mass extinction

The Hindu  

About 65 million years after the last mass extinction, which marked the end of dinosaurs roaming the planet, scientists are warning that we are in the early throes of another such annihilation event. Loss of food security "I think the first thing we'll see is that our food supply starts to dwindle quite markedly, because so much of our food …

Mass extinctions of plants and animals unavoidable without halting climate crisis, warns head of Natural England
3 years, 2 months ago

Mass extinctions of plants and animals unavoidable without halting climate crisis, warns head of Natural England

The Independent  

The key focus at the Cop26 climate summit will be on slashing the fossil fuel dependency poisoning our atmosphere and heating up the planet, but it is not just cutting emissions that will get us to net zero by 2050, it is also the restoration of the natural world. Although he readily acknowledges the scale of the challenge at Glasgow, …

Over 10,000 Species Risk Extinction in the Event of Amazon Destruction, Report Says
3 years, 5 months ago

Over 10,000 Species Risk Extinction in the Event of Amazon Destruction, Report Says

News 18  

More than 10,000 species of plants and animals are at high risk of extinction due to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest – 35% of which has already been deforested or degraded, according to the draft of a landmark scientific report published on Wednesday. Science shows humans face potentially irreversible and catastrophic risks due to multiple crises, including climate change …

Find ways to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss together, says UN report
3 years, 6 months ago

Find ways to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss together, says UN report

Firstpost  

Policy responses to both these problem have long been siloed but they worsen each other and are intertwined. To save the planet, the world needs to tackle the crises of climate change and species loss together, taking measures that fix both and not just one, United Nations scientists said. A joint report Thursday by separate UN scientific bodies that look …

Climate and extinction crises must be tackled together, says United Nations
3 years, 6 months ago

Climate and extinction crises must be tackled together, says United Nations

The Hindu  

To save the planet, the world needs to tackle the crises of climate change and species loss together, taking measures that fix both and not just one, United Nations scientists said. Policy responses to climate change and biodiversity loss have long been siloed, with different government agencies responsible for each, said co-author Pamela McElwee, a human ecologist at Rutgers University. …

How to Protect Species and Save the Planet—at Once
3 years, 6 months ago

How to Protect Species and Save the Planet—at Once

Wired  

Humanity is struggling to contain two compounding crises: skyrocketing global temperatures and plummeting biodiversity. The report is the product of a four-day virtual workshop attended by researchers of all stripes, and is a collaboration between the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In light of the Paris Agreement, it’s …

Human-driven biodiversity loss faster than mass extinction when dinosaurs were wiped out, study finds
3 years, 7 months ago

Human-driven biodiversity loss faster than mass extinction when dinosaurs were wiped out, study finds

The Independent  

The damage humans are doing to the world is now so great that in some ecosystems the biodiversity loss exceeds the rate of extinction at the time the dinosaurs died out, and the destruction could require millions of years to undo, scientists have said. “We rely on functioning freshwater environments to sustain human health, nutrition and fresh water supply.” The …

At least 97% of Earth's land is no longer 'ecologically intact' - and humans are to blame
3 years, 8 months ago

At least 97% of Earth's land is no longer 'ecologically intact' - and humans are to blame

Daily Mail  

The vast majority of land on Earth – a shocking 97 percent - that is home to millions of species is no longer qualifies as ecologically intact – and humans are to blame, a new study reveals. The authors say that up to 20 percent of the planet's land surface could be restored to intactness through reintroductions of only a …

World must ‘transform relationship with nature’ to tackle environmental crises, says UN
3 years, 10 months ago

World must ‘transform relationship with nature’ to tackle environmental crises, says UN

The Independent  

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Human growth in recent decades came at 'devastating cost' to nature, planet's economic role: Review
3 years, 11 months ago

Human growth in recent decades came at 'devastating cost' to nature, planet's economic role: Review

Firstpost  

Humanity’s unbridled growth in recent decades has come at a ‘devastating cost to nature’ according a wide-ranging international review on the vital economic role played by our living planet. “While humanity has prospered immensely in recent decades, the ways in which we have achieved such prosperity means that it has come at a devastating cost to nature,” the review said. …

‘Nature is in crisis right now’: UK’s biodiversity loss highlighted in ‘damning’ government report
4 years, 2 months ago

‘Nature is in crisis right now’: UK’s biodiversity loss highlighted in ‘damning’ government report

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The report also reveals just 0.02% of UK GDP now goes towards funding biodiversity after cuts in public sector …

Rewilding 30 per cent of world’s land would halt extinctions and ‘absorb half of CO2 emissions’, major study finds
4 years, 2 months ago

Rewilding 30 per cent of world’s land would halt extinctions and ‘absorb half of CO2 emissions’, major study finds

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Last month, political leaders from 64 countries around the world all pledged to “reverse biodiversity …

Biodiversity crisis: World leaders pledge to ‘reverse’ destruction of natural world by 2030
4 years, 3 months ago

Biodiversity crisis: World leaders pledge to ‘reverse’ destruction of natural world by 2030

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The interdependent crises of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation and climate change - driven in large part by unsustainable …

The World Is Failing To Stop Extinctions. These Scientists Have A Plan To Help.
4 years, 4 months ago

The World Is Failing To Stop Extinctions. These Scientists Have A Plan To Help.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING This was the year the world was supposed to tackle the biodiversity crisis head-on. ‘We Don’t Have A Clear Target’ “If you lose species, you’re losing a unique component of life,” said Rounsevell. “Climate change discussions have the 2-degree target, but we don’t have a clear target in biodiversity,” he said. “Honestly, it seems like a naive …

The Extinction Crisis Is Accelerating, New Study Finds
4 years, 7 months ago

The Extinction Crisis Is Accelerating, New Study Finds

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The sixth mass extinction in Earth’s history is accelerating as humans rapidly and relentlessly destroy the natural world, according to a new study looking at the loss of terrestrial vertebrate species. “Thousands of populations of critically endangered vertebrate animal species have been lost in a century, indicating that the sixth mass extinction is human caused and accelerating.” …

Africa tree deaths endanger the planet
4 years, 10 months ago

Africa tree deaths endanger the planet

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Our findings show that back in …

Climate change could wipe out up to HALF of all plant and animal life by 2070
4 years, 10 months ago

Climate change could wipe out up to HALF of all plant and animal life by 2070

Daily Mail  

Climate change could wipe out up to half of all plant and animal life on Earth by 2070 if temperatures keep increasing, study warns. Scroll down for video The common giant tree frog from Madagascar is one of many species impacted by recent climate change Commenting on the findings, study author Dr John Wiens, at Arizona University, said: the results …

UN sets 2030 biodiversity targets as we face a mass extinction
4 years, 11 months ago

UN sets 2030 biodiversity targets as we face a mass extinction

CNN  

CNN — Almost a third of the Earth will need to be protected by 2030 and pollution cut by half to save our remaining wildlife, as we enter the planet’s sixth era of mass extinction, according to a United Nations agency. “Despite ongoing efforts, biodiversity is deteriorating worldwide and this decline is projected to continue or worsen under business-as-usual scenarios.” …

Planet SOS: Ecological crises affecting our planet
5 years, 3 months ago

Planet SOS: Ecological crises affecting our planet

Al Jazeera  

Most extensive study into life on Earth says natural world is in decline. Planet SOS explores the tension between prosperity and protection as the government in Niger opens up access to its oil reserves within a protected national park. Al Jazeera’s Latin America editor reports from one of the most biologically-diverse places on Earth, Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and speaks with …

More than half of world’s forest wildlife lost in 40 years, study finds
5 years, 4 months ago

More than half of world’s forest wildlife lost in 40 years, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Humanity is killing the Earth’s greatest natural ally in the fight against climate breakdown, our forests, according to the …

Restoring forests could capture two-thirds of carbon humans have added to the atmosphere
5 years, 6 months ago

Restoring forests could capture two-thirds of carbon humans have added to the atmosphere

CNN  

CNN — Restoring the world’s lost forests could remove two thirds of all the planet-warming carbon that is in the atmosphere because of human activity, according to a new study. crowther lab ‘Most effective solution’ The researchers say their data shows global tree restoration to be the most effective way to tackle climate change. Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of …

WHAT DO EXPERTS PREDICT FOR THE FATE OF THE PLANET'S PLANTS AND ANIMALS?
5 years, 6 months ago

WHAT DO EXPERTS PREDICT FOR THE FATE OF THE PLANET'S PLANTS AND ANIMALS?

Daily Mail  

Nature is in more trouble now than at any time in human history with extinction looming over one million species of plants and animals, experts say. That's the key finding of the United Nations' first comprehensive report on biodiversity - the variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat. The report's 39-page summary highlighted …

Humans causing shrinking of nature as larger animals die off
5 years, 7 months ago

Humans causing shrinking of nature as larger animals die off

CNN  

CNN — Birds and mammals will shrink in average size over the next 100 years, with the body mass of the latter falling by a quarter, according to a new study. Lead study author Rob Cooke explained that human destruction of habitats, hunting, intensive farming, urbanization and global warming are all to blame, and there could be worrying consequences. Tawny …

Extinctions of million species driven by mankind are looming, new UN report finds
5 years, 8 months ago

Extinctions of million species driven by mankind are looming, new UN report finds

Firstpost  

We can feed the coming billion people without destroying another inch of nature, report says. About three-quarters of Earth’s land, two-thirds of its oceans and 85 percent of crucial wetlands have been severely altered or lost, making it harder for species to survive, the report said. The report comes up with 1 million species in trouble by extrapolating the IUCN’s …

UN report: Humans accelerating extinction of other species
5 years, 8 months ago

UN report: Humans accelerating extinction of other species

Associated Press  

People are putting nature in more trouble now than at any other time in human history, with extinction looming over 1 million species of plants and animals, scientists said Monday. About three-quarters of Earth’s land, two-thirds of its oceans and 85% of crucial wetlands have been severely altered or lost, making it harder for species to survive, the report said. …

Killing off animals and plants now threatens humanity itself, UN experts warn in urgent call for action
5 years, 8 months ago

Killing off animals and plants now threatens humanity itself, UN experts warn in urgent call for action

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Loss of biodiversity threatens the human race just as much as climate change, the experts believe, with up to …

One million species to go extinct ‘within decades’
5 years, 8 months ago

One million species to go extinct ‘within decades’

Al Jazeera  

Relentless global pursuit of economic growth is driving the collapse of life on Earth, landmark UN study says. One in eight of all Earth’s plants, insects and animals are at risk of extinction, many within decades, because of human activity, a huge coalition of the world’s leading scientists announced. An “unprecedented” one million species will die out because of the …

One million species at risk of extinction, UN report warns, and we are mostly to blame
5 years, 8 months ago

One million species at risk of extinction, UN report warns, and we are mostly to blame

ABC  

One million of the world's species are now under threat of extinction, according to the biggest-ever review of the state of nature on Earth. Key points: The report, which draws on 15,000 scientific and government sources, says human use of land and sea resources are mostly to blame The decline in nature is happening at rates that are unprecedented in …

1 Million Animal And Plant Species Are At Risk Of Extinction, U.N. Report Says
5 years, 8 months ago

1 Million Animal And Plant Species Are At Risk Of Extinction, U.N. Report Says

NPR  

1 Million Animal And Plant Species Are At Risk Of Extinction, U.N. Report Says Enlarge this image toggle caption Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images Up to 1 million of the estimated 8 million plant and animal species on Earth are at risk of extinction — many of them within decades — according to scientists and researchers who produced a …

Nature is in the worst shape in human history, U.N. report says
5 years, 8 months ago

Nature is in the worst shape in human history, U.N. report says

LA Times  

Two wild elephants engage in a tussle on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, in 2017. About three-quarters of Earth’s land, two-thirds of its oceans and 85% of crucial wetlands have been severely altered or lost, making it harder for species to survive, the report said. The report comes up with 1 million species in trouble by extrapolating the union’s 25% …

UN holds first global study of nature and human race: 100,000 species on path to extinction
5 years, 8 months ago

UN holds first global study of nature and human race: 100,000 species on path to extinction

Firstpost  

With many species on Earth dying, the UN has released a study that was three years in the making. Hidden impacts “We need to recognise that climate change and loss of Nature are equally important, not just for the environment, but as development and economic issues as well,” Watson said. “But our goal is to make sure that governments and …

One million species risk extinction due to humans: draft U.N. report
5 years, 8 months ago

One million species risk extinction due to humans: draft U.N. report

The Hindu  

Up to one million species face extinction due to human influence, according to a draft U.N. report obtained by AFP that painstakingly catalogues how humanity has undermined the natural resources upon which its very survival depends. ‘Mass extinction event’ The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report warns of “an imminent rapid acceleration in the global rate of …

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