’Unprecedented’ loss of biodiversity threatens humanity, report finds

Mongabay
May 7, 2019, 11:15 am237 pts
Life on this planet, in all its wide diversity, is disappearing more quickly now than it has at any time in human history, and some 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction, new research from the United Nations has found. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem…

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