This suggests that around one million species “already face extinction, many within decades, unless action is taken to reduce the intensity of drivers of biodiversity loss”. On at-risk fauna and flora, the study asserts that human activities “threaten more species now than ever before” – a finding based on the fact that around 25 per cent of species in plant and animal groups are vulnerable. One in four species at risk of extinction The report also examines five main drivers of “unprecedented” biodiversity and ecosystem change over the past 50 years, identifying them as: changes in land and sea use direct exploitation of organisms climate change, pollution, and invasion of alien species. In addition to providing exhaustive insights on the state of nature, ecosystems and how nature underpins all human activity, the study also discusses progress on key international goals, such as the Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs), the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Paris Agreement on climate change. Presented to more than 130 government delegations for their approval at UNESCO headquarters, the report features the work of 400 experts from at least 50 countries, coordinated by the Bonn-based Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ( IPBES).

Azoulay said that protecting it “is as vital as fighting climate change”.

Highlighting the universal importance of biodiversity – the diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems – Ms. This is our responsibility towards future generations.” “We can no longer continue to destroy the diversity of life. “Following the adoption of this historic report, no one will be able to claim that they did not know,” the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said.

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