LINK Will protecting 30 percent of Earth prevent the extinction crisis? | Science News
"Plants and animals are increasingly threatened by human activities and habitat encroachment. One study estimates a million species face extinction within decades (SN: 5/8/19). That’s 1 million distinct, idiosyncratic answers to the basic question of how to make a living on planet Earth, gone ..."
"A global plan under negotiation envisions designating 30 percent of land and sea as protected by 2030 — and 50 percent by 2050 — in order to revive ecosystems and safeguard the diversity of species on Earth, according to a draft text of the agreement under the U.N. Convention on Biodiversity."
"But is 30 percent, or even 50 percent, enough? And enough for what exactly — to slow extinction rates, or to protect everything that’s possible to protect, or something else entirely?"
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Anything is better than nothing, since we can not turn the clock back, we have to as much as we can.
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This is what has gone on near my home for decades, but the Supreme Court just decided it shouldn't happen any longer. Will need to wait and see what Maui County does about it. They've spent more money on legal fees for decades than they would have spent on just cleaning up what causes the injection wells to pollute the ocean. [earthjustice.org]
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