Ocean Sentry
The United Nations has warned that the on-going loss of species should be considered as a wake-up call, as it affects human well-being around the world.
Eight years ago, governments pledged to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, but already it is clear that the pledge will not be met. The expansion of human cities, farming and infrastructure is the main reason. According to a report by BBC News, the UN argues that as natural systems such as forests and wetlands disappear, humanity loses the services they currently provide for free, such as the purification of air and water, protection from extreme weather events and the provision of materials for shelter and fire.
The rate of species loss leads some biologists to say that we are in the middle of the Earth’s sixth great extinction, the previous five stemming from natural events as asteroid impacts. Some analyses suggest that nature loss is accelerating rather than decelerating… Read Full Article by ANI
