How many more people would live differently if they could feel the pain and grief that I feel for each species that I watch vanish forever?
Jonathan Kolby swabbing an endangered Plectrohyla exquisita frog in Honduras.Courtesy Jonathan Kolby
By Dr. Jonathan Kolby, founding director of the Honduras Amphibian Rescue & Conservation Center
Today, I grieve for the extinction of species around the world. But I also remain hopeful that we will turn things around. On May 6, 2019 a Global Assessment released by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) announced that nearly one million species are at risk of extinction. Human activity is the root cause, as we increasingly exploit the natural world to benefit our species with disregard for nearly all others. We are in a car that is speeding towards the edge of a cliff. But we aren’t passengers — we’re driving…
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