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Credit River watershed home to dozens of species at risk of extinction

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By Ali RazaMississauga News
Tues., May 21, 2019
Credit Valley Conservation ecologist Laura Timms says the number of at-risk species in the Credit River watershed is increasing.

There are 65 species of plants and animals living in the Credit River watershed that are at risk of extinction.

Earlier this month, United Nations (UN) agency Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released a critical report assessing 1 million species threatened with extinction across the world. It was compiled by 145 experts from 50 different countries based on a review of 15,000 scientific and government sources.

The report blamed the stark rise of at-risk species on human land and sea use, direct exploitation of organisms, climate change, pollution, and invasive alien species. It also made recommendations for governments to act in response to the “unprecedented” species extinction in human history.

“We are eroding the very foundations of our economies, livelihoods, food security, health, and quality of life worldwide,” IPBES chair Sir Robert Watson said.

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