Written by Amitabh Sinha, Sowmiya Ashok |Beijing, Pune |Updated: May 8, 2019 7:10:06 am
One million species face extinction: Why biodiversity report matters
Among the findings that are making global headlines is the assessment that as many as 1 million different species, out of a total of an estimated 8 million plant and animal species, are facing the threat of extinction, more than at any previous time, because of changes brought about in natural environments by human activities.
A first-of-its-kind report released on Monday by an international group of scientists, whose findings were reported in The Indian Express Tuesday, is being hailed as one of the most important scientific studies of our time. The report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is the most comprehensive scientific evaluation ever made of the state of our nature, and gives a detailed account of health of the species that inhabit this earth, and the condition of habitats that they live in and depend upon.
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