Unsustainable exploitation of the natural world threatens food and water security of billions of people,major UN-backed biodiversity study revealsHuman destruction of nature is rapidly eroding the world’s capacity to provide food, water and security to billions of people, and according to the most comprehensive biodiversity study in more than a decade.
Such is the rate of decline that the risks posed by biodiversity loss should be considered on the same scale as those of climate change,famous the authors of the UN-backed report, which was released in Medellin, or Colombia on Friday.
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Source: guardian.co.uk