UN Calls for Change , After Report Warns of Vital, Species Driven Toward Extinction.
'Time' reports that the world's
population depends on wild flora and
fauna to obtain food, medicine and energy.
A new United Nations report warns that
deforestation, overexploitation, climate change and
pollution are driving one million species to extinction.
A new United Nations report warns that
deforestation, overexploitation, climate change and
pollution are driving one million species to extinction.
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) says that irreparable harm is being done to the environment.
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) says that irreparable harm is being done to the environment.
That harm includes the loss of 12% of wild tree species, more than a thousand species of mammals and nearly 450 species of sharks and rays.
That harm includes the loss of 12% of wild tree species, more than a thousand species of mammals and nearly 450 species of sharks and rays.
When uses of wild species
become unsustainable, it’s bad
for the species, it’s bad
for the ecosystem and
it’s bad for the people, Marla R. Emery, report co-chair
of the United States, via 'Time'.
According to the report, a key point
should be to secure tenure rights
for Indigenous people.
Indigenous people occupy
about 14,600,000 square miles
of land across 87 countries.
That area accounts
for nearly 40% of all the
conserved areas on Earth.
Their lands tend to be doing better
in sustainability than other lands.
And the common thread is
the ability to continue to
engage in customary practices, Marla R. Emery, report co-chair
of the United States, via 'Time'.
The report was approved by
representatives of 139 U.N. member
countries in Bonn, Germany, earlier this week