by Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-scientists-urge-quick-deep-halt.html

Halting, then reversing the dangerous, ongoing loss of Earth’s plant and animal diversity requires far more than an expanded global system of protected areas of land and seas, scientists warned today.

Needed is successful, coordinated action across a diverse, interconnected set of “transformative” changes, including massive reductions in harmful agricultural and fishing subsidies, deep reductions in overconsumption, and holdingclimate changeto 1.5°C.

More than 50 scientists from 23 countries today delivered to governments a synthesis of the science informing and underpinning 21 targets proposed in thedraft ‘post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework’being negotiated under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and scheduled for adoption later this year at a worldbiodiversitysummit in China.

The analysis was coordinated by two renowned international science bodies: bioDISCOVERY, a program of the Future Earth organization, and the Group…