Giving land and sea back to nature can help us save the planet – and ourselves; it even makes pure economic sense
Floods, droughts, storms, wildfires – hardly a week goes by without a major warning that human-induced climate change is rapidly getting out of hand and becoming the biggest threat to our continued existence on this beautiful planet. Less attention is being paid to climate change’s evil twin, the collapse of biodiversity and the breakdown of ecosystems. Our current mistreatment of the natural world, and our ever-increasing appetite for natural resources is literally killing the planet. Globally, one in eight bird species is threatened with extinction. Europe lost 57% of its common farmland birds in the past 40 years. Almost all Mediterranean fish populations are badly overfished. Insect biomass is collapsing even inside protected areas. Study after study paints a dark picture of life being snuffed out. Scientists talk about the sixth mass extinction. We’re doing to our current nature what the meteorite did to the world of the dinosaurs.
Not just green tech: Natural habitats are our best allies against climate change
Floods, droughts, storms, wildfires – hardly a week goes by without a major warning that human-induced climate change is rapidly getting out of hand and becoming the biggest threat to our continued existence on this beautiful planet. Less attention is being paid to climate change’s evil twin, the collapse of biodiversity and the breakdown of ecosystems. Our current mistreatment of the natural world, and our ever-increasing appetite for natural resources is literally killing the planet. Globally, one in eight bird species is threatened with extinction. Europe lost 57% of its common farmland birds in the past 40 years. Almost all Mediterranean fish populations are badly overfished. Insect biomass is collapsing even inside protected areas. Study after study paints a dark picture of life being snuffed out. Scientists talk about the sixth mass extinction. We’re doing to our current nature what the meteorite did to the world of the dinosaurs.
Not just green tech: Natural habitats are our best allies against climate change