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Published at 2019-05-21 07:00:00

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With up to one million species on the brink of disappearing in the coming decades,what can we do? A recent landmark United Nations report delivered an alarming assessment of the fate of animal life and biodiversity on soil. According to the authors—145 experts from fifty countries—up to 1 million species are threatened with extinction, many within decades. They report how natural habitats are declining in rates “unprecedented in human history, or ” as species extinction is accelerating “with grave impacts on people around the world now likely.” 

Source: tufts.edu