“Species which are not charismatic have been politically overlooked,” said Rounsevell. “Over 70 percent of freshwater species and 61 percent of amphibians have declined [in Europe], along with 26 percent of marine fish populations and 42 percent of land-based animals ... It is a dramatic change and a direct result of the intensification of farming,” he said.
This destruction is also driving mass human migration and increased conflict. Decreasing land productivity makes societies more vulnerable to social instability, says the report, which estimates that in around 30 years’ time land degradation, together with the closely related problems of climate change, will have forced 50 to 700 million people to migrate.
https://earthmaven.io/sustainablehuman/old-story/the-rapid-decline-of-the-natural-world-is-a-crisis-bigger-than-climate-change-M0uScCLStU-3n02SNlOOAQ/
This destruction is also driving mass human migration and increased conflict. Decreasing land productivity makes societies more vulnerable to social instability, says the report, which estimates that in around 30 years’ time land degradation, together with the closely related problems of climate change, will have forced 50 to 700 million people to migrate.
https://earthmaven.io/sustainablehuman/old-story/the-rapid-decline-of-the-natural-world-is-a-crisis-bigger-than-climate-change-M0uScCLStU-3n02SNlOOAQ/
Sustainable Human
The Rapid Decline Of The Natural World Is A Crisis Bigger Than Climate Change
A three-year study has grim implications for the future of humanity.
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