Comments - SO WHAT [IS] time[LESS] TIME - Gaia Community2024-03-28T08:11:25Zhttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=5313775%3ABlogPost%3A38526&xn_auth=no Humanity relies on biodiver…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2022-01-19:5313775:Comment:1281672022-01-19T10:32:53.006ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
<p class="dcr-o5gy41"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10025816264?profile=original" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10025816264?profile=RESIZE_710x"></img></a></strong></span></p>
<p class="dcr-o5gy41"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/01/sixth-mass-extinction-of-wildlife-accelerating-scientists-warn" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> Humanity relies on biodiversity for its health and…</a></strong></span></p>
<p class="dcr-o5gy41"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10025816264?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10025816264?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></strong></span></p>
<p class="dcr-o5gy41"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/01/sixth-mass-extinction-of-wildlife-accelerating-scientists-warn" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Humanity relies on biodiversity for its health and </a></strong></span></p>
<p class="dcr-o5gy41"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/01/sixth-mass-extinction-of-wildlife-accelerating-scientists-warn" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> wellbeing</a></strong></span><span style="font-size: 13px;">,</span> <span style="font-size: 18pt;">scientists said, <strong>with the <a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/one-has-to-ask-pose-the-question" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coronavirus </a></strong></span></p>
<p class="dcr-o5gy41"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/one-has-to-ask-pose-the-question" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> pandemic</a></strong></span><strong style="font-size: 18pt;"> an extreme example of the dangers of</strong></p>
<p class="dcr-o5gy41"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong> ravaging the natural world</strong>. Rising human</span></p>
<p class="dcr-o5gy41"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> population, destruction of habitats, the wildlife</span></p>
<p class="dcr-o5gy41"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> trade, pollution and <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=michael%20grove%20the%20climate%20crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the climate crisis</a></strong> must all be</span></p>
<p class="dcr-o5gy41"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> urgently tackled, they said. Human society under</span></p>
<p class="dcr-o5gy41"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> urgent threat from loss of Earth's natural life</span></p>
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<p class="dcr-o5gy41"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“When humanity exterminates other creatures, it is sawing off the limb on which it is sitting, destroying working parts of our own life-support system,” said Prof Paul Ehrlich, of Stanford University in the US, and one of the research team. “<strong>The conservation of endangered species should be elevated to a global emergency for governments and institutions</strong>, <strong>equal to the <em><a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-stark-warning-to-mankind-in-deed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">climate disruption to which it is linked</a></em></strong>.”</span></p>
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