How much biodiversity has been lost? Biodiversity: Our planet Earth is the only planet in the Solar System that contains a variety of different organisms that range from small unicellular organisms to gigantic multicellular organisms. This variety of organisms is often referred to as biodiversity. ...
The UK has lost 90 percent of its wetland habitats over the past 100 years. These waterlogged environments are rich in biodiversity and the loss has led to a drastic decline of wildlife. They are also important in countering the effects of extreme weather conditions, storing and absorb...
Moreover, a report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services found that as much as 1 million species could currently be at risk of extinction. The destruction is unprecedented, akin only to the five other global extinction-level events ...
Biodiversity has declined at an alarming rate in recent years, largely as a result of human activity. Let's take a look at some of the main causes: Climate change Climate changeimpacts biodiversity at various levels: species distribution, population dynamics, community structure and the functioning...
The Scottish Government and Scottish Green Party have pledged to designate 10 percent of the country’s seas as Highly Protected Marine Areas, offering depleted ecosystems a chance to bounce back. It's a complicated task.
“I wanted to find a more efficient way to use land and resources so that we could let more farmlands remain wild, or to remain lower production but allow for greater biodiversity.” Today, the two largest uses of trees are to make wood products and paper. When new biomaterials become ...
s global Purpose Framework – Ideas for People and Planet, says Andrew Craig, head of ESG at RBC Europe. “In order for society to make meaningful steps to reverse the biodiversity crisis, it’s important to recognise the value of long-term projects and collaborative efforts, lik...
It's believed these countries have lost as much as 94% and 80% of their forest cover respectively over the last 60 years, and clearing land to grow cocoa is thought to be responsible for around a third of this. As we now know only too well, deforestation not only contributes to ...
the second world war. In this period, boomingpopulationand trade and higher levels of prosperity led to an exponential growth of pretty much every measure of humanity’s planetary impact: resource extraction, agricultural production,infrastructure development, pollution, and habitat and biodive...
Global farming has reached a crisis point. Intensified land use and inefficient human systems threaten food security and drive biodiversity loss and climate change.Half the world’s fertile soil is already lostand,with an estimated 60 years of topsoil left, we need a farming strategy that restores...