One million animals and plants at threat of extinction, warns UN
A million animals and plants are in danger of becoming extinct, and many of them could disappear in the next decades. The UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) warned against this in a report published today.
The condition of nature that is necessary for humans to access water, food, energy or medicines is deteriorating “at the fastest pace in the history of mankind.” In their global assessment, experts claimed that only …