Bending the curve of nature's rapid decline will require attacking the problem aggressively along several fronts at once, leading scientists warned Thursday.
From preventing the extinction of lions and polar bears to halting the destruction of life-sustaining primary forests, only a multi-pronged plan can stitch together a "safety net" for the natural world, they argued in a peer-reviewed commentary in Science.
"It will not be enough to have, for example, an ambitious goal for reducing species extinctions if goals for ecosystems and genetic diversity are not sufficiently ambitious too," co-author Piero Visconti, a researcher at the International Institute for Applied System Analysis said in a statement.
The nature rescue plan from 60 experts worldwide is offered as a blueprint ahead of a biodiversity summit next year in China.
Originally scheduled for this month, the "COP15" negotiation of nearly 200 nations under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity -- postponed due to the pandemic -- is tasked with setting new goals.
Half-measures Won't Save Nature, Scientists Warn | Barron's
From preventing the extinction of lions and polar bears to halting the destruction of life-sustaining primary forests, only a multi-pronged plan can stitch together a "safety net" for the natural world, they argued in a peer-reviewed commentary in Science.
"It will not be enough to have, for example, an ambitious goal for reducing species extinctions if goals for ecosystems and genetic diversity are not sufficiently ambitious too," co-author Piero Visconti, a researcher at the International Institute for Applied System Analysis said in a statement.
The nature rescue plan from 60 experts worldwide is offered as a blueprint ahead of a biodiversity summit next year in China.
Originally scheduled for this month, the "COP15" negotiation of nearly 200 nations under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity -- postponed due to the pandemic -- is tasked with setting new goals.
Half-measures Won't Save Nature, Scientists Warn | Barron's
