Tag: UN global biodiversity

• Tuesday, May 7th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Human activities have put a million species at risk of extinction, says UN global biodiversity report

  

  Human activities have put as many as one million other species at risk of extinction, according to the first comprehensive United Nations report on global biodiversity. The report, a summary of which was released on Monday, emphasizes humanity’s devastating impact on the natural world, which is accelerating extinctions at an unprecedented rate in human history.