We are changing nature on a global scale and the impacts of our actions are being distributed unequally. The latest report paints a shocking picture. It was coordinated by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), an independent body that provides policymakers with objective scientific assessments about the state of knowledge regarding the planet’s biodiversity. Alongside experts from more than 50 different countries, he has produced the most comprehensive review ever of the worldwide state of nature, with a summary published in the journal Science. Prof Andy Purvis, a Museum research leader, has spent three years studying human interactions with nature. Air and water quality are reducing, soils are depleting, crops are short of pollinators, and coasts are less protected from storms. Over the last 50 years, nature's capacity to support us has plummeted. If we lose large portions of the natural world, human quality of life will be severely reduced and the lives of future generations will be threatened unless effective action is taken. We have been using more and more natural resources, and this has come at a cost. Human pressure on nature has soared since the 1970s.
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