Posted on 10/22/2024 11:28:12 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
On the agenda is life on earth, in all its forms and diversity. The big question is how far nations will go to stop the disastrous declines underway.
Representatives from more than 175 countries are gathering to negotiate answers, starting on Monday in Cali, Colombia, at what is expected to be the largest United Nations biodiversity conference in history.
How the talks unfold over the next two weeks will help determine, for better or worse, the planet’s future. Biodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history, an intergovernmental panel of scientists found in 2019. It estimated that a million species were in danger of extinction. Even many common species are in decline. Bird populations in the United States and Canada, for example, are down almost 30 percent since 1970, with widespread losses among some of the most frequently seen species.
The biggest driver of declines in biodiversity on land is habitat loss, mainly when land is taken for agriculture, the panel found. In the ocean, it’s overfishing. Climate change plays an ever-growing role, and the two crises are intertwined.
Such drastic losses of biodiversity threaten human well-being, scientists warn. Forests filled with birdsong also stash away planet-warming carbon, filter water and create rain. Healthy rivers and oceans run with fish that people need for food. Insects nourish soil and pollinate plants, birds and mammals disperse seeds, plants turn sunshine into food for the rest of us.
“When we destroy biodiversity, we are destroying the very links that help the system to reproduce life,” said Susana Muhamad, Colombia’s environment minister, who will be presiding over the conference. “What is at stake is actually another wave of extinction, which could be the sixth general extinction on Earth.” The...
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The dirt first elites want us to believe ‘man bad’, ‘dirt good”.
protect nature
that will sell.
They believe they are God. They are no going to like then ending.
Another Scam so they can steal our money , you can bet their favorite movie is The Sting
Man only became the problem when man had lots of money to take.
More bugs, fewer humans.
Cooking up the next “climate change” scam since it’s not working. Place your bets what is next. My bet.
“Global Climate Justice Biodiversity Crisis”
Okay.
It is time for an informal ban on articles from the New York Times.
Everybody get on board and just say no. “We’re all in this together”
I don’t EVER remember seeing DEMOCRATS offering to make themselves Extinct for the good of the Earth.
Lead by example Democrats and Environmentalists. I Dare You!!!
I have an idea: Don't click on articles that offend delicate precious snowflakes, because lots of people are interested, judging from the number of comments they get.
Thank you, NYT. Your constant demonstrations that your writers know nothing about science, the economy, or anything else - save for awful music has saved me the waste of much time linking to the article only to hurl.
Spotted Owl II and this time they are going to demand $$$
Yes, dear.
We need a major push to protect HUMAN nature.
Babies are human ... by their nature.
By nature, boys cannot become girls.
By nature, girls cannot become boys.
By nature, men cannot become women.
By nature, women cannot become men.
By nature, two men do not make a marriage.
By nature, two women do not make a marriage.
Protect HUMAN nature.
Is the insane proliferation of wind turbines and solar panels part of nature’s landscape?
As usual.
That’s true. They sure won’t.
So they fly in from around the globe to some obscure place to meet and do what? Virtue signal that they are *saving the planet*?
Heck what I’m doing around our property to clean it up and restore native habitat and get rid of invasives would put any of them to shame.
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