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Safeguarding biodiversity as the window narrows

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Independent Online (South Africa)

Publication Date
2018-08-06

The window to halt the dramatic decline of life on earth is incredibly narrow but the failure to act will jeopardise humanity’s survival too, a top UN official has warned. “The curve of biodiversity loss by 2050 under the business-as-usual scenario looks very dramatic,” remarked Dr Christiana Pasca Palmer, the executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

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https://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star/news/safeguarding-biodiversity-as-the-window-narrows-16443913