If We Don’t Protect 30% of the Natural World by 2030, Earth May Be Unfit for Life (Image by stock file)
We are to blame for the biggest extinction event in human history. But there is a solution if we take urgent action now.
By Reynard Loki
The rapid decline in species has occurred in recent years: 60 percent of the planet’s wildlife populations have been lost in just the last 50 years. Scientists warn that in the coming decades, if we don’t take action, more than 1 million species may vanish from the Earth forever.
Our fellow Earthlings are being overhunted, overfished and overharvested for our food, clothing and medicines. And the ones that we don’t kill are losing their homes as we destroy their natural habitats to make space for our farms and cities and to extract fuels, minerals, timber and other resources for human society. And the habitats that we don’t completely eradicate we pollute with a vast array of toxic element
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We imperil ourselves by throwing nature into crisis â but there s time to reverse course To access the coal contained in the Appalachian Mountains in southern West Virginia, extractive companies engage in a controversial mining method called mountaintop removal, which is as destructive to the ecosystem as it sounds. Scientists have found that this process negatively impacts groundwater and biodiversity. (Photo credit: NASA Earth Observatory)
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The rapid decline in species has occurred in recent years: 60 percent of the planet s wildlife populations have been lost in just the last 50 years. Scientists warn that in the coming decades, if we don t take action, more than 1 million species may vanish from the Earth forever.
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