Subtle shifts aren\u2019t good enough, says Doreen Robinson, Chief of Wildlife at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It\u2019s time for a system-wide transformation. On the day of the UN Summit on Biodiversity, Robinson explains where we\u2019ve gone wrong and how we can do better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why are we talking about biodiversity now \u2013 in the midst of a global disease pandemic, with economies stretched to their limits and a looming climate crisis?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As we speak, more species are threatened with extinction than ever before. Extreme weather events \u2013 and consequently, fires, floods and droughts \u2013 are happening more frequently and with greater intensity; and zoonotic diseases like COVID-19 now account for the majority of infectious diseases emerging in humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are symptoms of a systemic problem, and this requires a systemic solution. We need to completely recalibrate our relationship to nature \u2013 and we need to do so, urgently. Biodiversity is the foundation for all life on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How does biodiversity affect the actual experiences of people in their everyday lives?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Biodiversity affects just about every aspect of human life, from job security and basic health to saving the planet for future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More than half of the world\u2019s gross domestic product<\/a>\u00a0(GDP) is dependent on nature.\u00a0Three-quarters of all food crop types<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 including fruits and vegetables and some of the most important cash crops, like coffee and almonds \u2013 require animal pollination.\u00a0About half of the global population<\/a>\u00a0relies mainly on natural medicines and most of the drugs used to treat cancer are either natural or modelled after nature. So there is a direct and relationship between biodiversity and some very basic aspects of survival.\u00a0Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Subtle shifts aren\u2019t good enough, says Doreen Robinson, Chief of Wildlife at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It\u2019s time for a system-wide transformation. On the day of the UN…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}