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1 Million Animal And Plant Species Are At Risk Of Extinction, U.N. Report Says
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1094" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/05/06/720654249/1-million-animal-and-plant-species-face-extinction-risk-u-n-report-says" target="_blank"><strong>1 Million Animal And Plant Species Are At Risk Of Extinction, U.N. Report Says - NPR</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Up to 1 million of the estimated 8 million plant and animal species on Earth are at risk of extinction — many of them within decades — according to scientists and researchers who produced a sweeping U.N. report on how humanity's burgeoning growth is putting the world's biodiversity at perilous risk.</p><p> </p><p>Some of the report's findings might not seem new to those who have followed stories of how humans have affected the environment, from <a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/07/23/630181622/spring-is-springing-sooner-throwing-natures-rhythms-out-of-whack" target="_blank">shifts in seasons</a> to the <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/08/20/636845604/beer-drinking-water-and-fish-tiny-plastic-is-everywhere" target="_blank">prevalence of plastics</a> and other contaminants in water. But its authors say the assessment is the most accurate and comprehensive review yet of the damage people are inflicting on the planet. And they warn that nature is declining at "unprecedented" rates, and that the changes will put people at risk.</p><p> </p><p>"Protecting biodiversity amounts to protecting humanity," UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsaFFe2AQYc" target="_blank">at a news conference</a> about the findings Monday morning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1094, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.npr.org/2019/05/06/720654249/1-million-animal-and-plant-species-face-extinction-risk-u-n-report-says'][B]1 Million Animal And Plant Species Are At Risk Of Extinction, U.N. Report Says - NPR[/B][/URL] Up to 1 million of the estimated 8 million plant and animal species on Earth are at risk of extinction — many of them within decades — according to scientists and researchers who produced a sweeping U.N. report on how humanity's burgeoning growth is putting the world's biodiversity at perilous risk. Some of the report's findings might not seem new to those who have followed stories of how humans have affected the environment, from [URL='https://www.npr.org/2018/07/23/630181622/spring-is-springing-sooner-throwing-natures-rhythms-out-of-whack']shifts in seasons[/URL] to the [URL='https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/08/20/636845604/beer-drinking-water-and-fish-tiny-plastic-is-everywhere']prevalence of plastics[/URL] and other contaminants in water. But its authors say the assessment is the most accurate and comprehensive review yet of the damage people are inflicting on the planet. And they warn that nature is declining at "unprecedented" rates, and that the changes will put people at risk. "Protecting biodiversity amounts to protecting humanity," UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsaFFe2AQYc']at a news conference[/URL] about the findings Monday morning. [/QUOTE]
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