Post 4: The world progress on goal 15
Post 4: The world
progress on goal 15
According to the Sustainable Development
Goals Report in 2021, More over a quarter of the species evaluated for the IUCN
Red List are considered endangered.
Biodiversity is declining at a quicker rate
than it has ever been before in human history. The globe has fallen short of
its 2020 biodiversity loss objectives. Since 1993, the International Union for
Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List Index, which tracks the overall
extinction danger for diverse species, has shown a 10% drop. More than 37,400
species out of 134,400 are endangered with extinction, including 41% of
amphibians, 34% of conifers, 33% of reef-building corals, 26% of mammals, and
14% of birds. Agricultural and urban growth, unsustainable exploitation through
hunting, fishing, trapping, and logging, and invasive alien species are the
primary drivers of species extinction. Fortunately, conservation efforts may be
able to prevent subsequent extinctions.
Forest management is becoming more
sustainable, yet forest loss continues at an alarming rate. Forests are home to the majority of the
world's biodiversity, and they span a large area. There are 4.1 billion
hectares of land in the world. They aid in the regulation of the water cycle. counteract
climate change while also providing a direct source of food, money, and
employment. Invasive alien species are animals, plants, or
other creatures that have been brought by humans into ecosystems outside of
their normal range and have established themselves, posing a threat to native
biodiversity. These species are a key contributor to biodiversity loss and
extinction. Ecosystem services, human livelihoods and well-being, and economies
are all negatively impacted. Invasive alien species are brought to new places
either purposefully – for example, by hunting or fishing – or accidently, for
example, as a contamination on traded commodities or as a
"hitchhiker" on cars or boats.
Between 2005 and 2050, the number of
established alien species is predicted to rise by 36% due to increasing global
mobility of people and products.
:Resource
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development, 2021. [image] Available at: <https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal15> [Accessed 2 December 2021].
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