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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/species-extinction-risk-biological-annihilation-study/>
"In recent months, the global pandemic has illuminated how mismanagement
of wild animals and natural ecosystems can threaten human health and
even the stability of society. Now, a new study from Stanford University
issues a dire warning, concluding the extinction rate is likely much
greater than previously thought and that if we don’t reverse course, the
consequences for mankind could be “unimaginable.”
The new study, titled “Vertebrates on the brink as indicators of
biological annihilation and the sixth mass extinction,” was published
Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It
highlights how human pressures such as population growth, habitat
destruction, the wildlife trade, pollution and climate change have
combined to wipe out hundreds of species and are critically threatening
thousands more around the world at an unprecedented rate. This, the
authors say, is eroding nature’s ability to provide vital sustenance to
people."
See also Jane Goodall on conservation, climate change and COVID-19: “If
we carry on with business as usual, we’re going to destroy ourselves”
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jane-goodall-climate-change-coronavirus-environment-interview/>
Via The RISKS Digest Volume 32 Issue 8
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/32/8#subj14
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
