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UN releases terrifying report on biodiversity

Editor Josie Chaffin

According to a new statement by the UN, humans are accelerating the mass extinction of numerous life forms on Earth.

Mr. Eduardo Brondizio, a chairmen of the University of Indiana, states that “[Humans] have reconfigured dramatically life on the planet.”

According to Moppenheim.tv, ”species loss is accelerating to a rate tens or hundreds of times faster than in the past.”

Human actions such as deforestation and excessive pollution have definitely had a massive impact upon the other life here on Earth. Specifically, more than 1 million animals are threatened by impending extinction.

Rebecca Shaw, a dedicated scientist and leader within the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) even made a statement that should strike fear into the hearts of both humans and creatures alike: “We’re in trouble.”

With everything that’s happening to the natural world, humans actually threaten their own existence by continuing on the way they are.

Supposedly, just under half of the world’s fish stock is extremely overpriced. This makes it harder to enjoy seafood and so on. Overfishing is a massive issue that plagues both the ocean and human society.

The Washington Post states that the report shows how“...[the loss of species is] undermining food and water security, as well as human health.”

According to Moppenheim.tv, the 39-pages report by the UN claimed this: “About three-quarters of Earth’s land, two-thirds of its oceans and 85% of crucial wetlands have been severely altered or lost, making it harder for species to survive.”

This is huge. While a lot of Earth’s issues have been overlooked, this report brings the seriousness of conditions to light. The Washington Post, after analyzing the report, stated this: “More plants and animals are threatened with extinction now than any other period in human history…”

“[A most concerning]...issue is the way it will affect human well-being, as we’ve said many times — food, water, energy, human health,” states Robert Watson, a U.K based chemist and the chairman of those that crafted the report.

This report wasn’t a last-minute construction, and it certainly was not something done ‘just because’. The things people are doing to Earth and the effects we are having upon it are serious.

According to the Washington Post, “Nearly 150 authors from 50 nations worked for three years to compile the report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services — a panel with 132 member nations, including the United States.”

Everyone involved in constructing and writing the report are deeply concerned- and you should be too. What this report says is that the world is suffering terribly, and we, as humans, could be causing the extinction of species upon species as well as ourselves.