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Up to a million species face extinction, many within decades, according to the draft UN report.


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By Stergos Kastelloriou

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Up to a million species face extinction, many within decades, according to the draft UN report.


he destruction of Nature threatens humanity "at least as much as human-induced climate change," the UN biodiversity chief says as a five-day meeting of 130 nations gathers in Paris to validate a UN report on the state of Nature.

The impact of humanity’s expanding footprint and appetites has been devastating.

Up to a million species face extinction, many within decades, according to the report, and three-quarters of Earth’s land surface has been “severely altered”.


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