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Plummeting insect numbers threaten collapse of nature
05-07-2019, 09:09 AM
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RE: Plummeting insect numbers threaten collapse of nature
The UN has just released a 1,800 page report on the devastating impact of humans on nature. Some of the main points:

*Forests have been cleared at astonishing rates, especially in tropical areas

*Only 13% of wetlands present in 1700 were still in existence in 2000

*25% of plants and animals are now threatened

*About 1 million species face extinction within decades

*Plastic pollution has increased 10-fold since 1980

*Every year 300-400 million tonnes (yes, tonnes) of heavy metals, solvents, toxic sludge and other wastes are dumped into the waters of the world

*33% of fish stocks were harvested at unsustainable levels in 2015

The study urges the world to steer away from the "limited paradigm of economic growth".

From this BBC article
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