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The United Nations says biodiversity is under threat. (Links to an external site.)(You don’t have to ‘Listen to the story’ at the beginning of this article.). However, quite a few ‘new’ species were discover in 2019 (Links to an external site.).
Here’s a quote from one researcher in one of your articles:
“Despite decades of tirelessly scouring some of the most familiar and remote places on Earth, biodiversity scientists estimate that more than 90% of nature’s species remain unknown,” said Academy Chief of Science Shannon Bennett.
The benefits of Globalization are easy to see: more stuff, some/much of it useful. But that means our ‘human footprint’ takes a lot of resources: more than the earth produces.
Also, there are more food choices at the store, but the food we ‘buy and eat is more homogenized.’ (Links to an external site.)
The Human Footprint Index: Wherever humans live in large numbers (India, Europe, Eastern China) the Human Footprint (Links to an external site.) is high.
It certainly seems as though more species are under threat, according to a recent article on the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (please watch the two short videos) (Links to an external site.). Another article reaches similar conclusions (Links to an external site.)(please look at the series of 40 slides) in the article.
Finally, enjoy this article and video on New Zealands’s national bird the kiwi (Links to an external site.).
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