FEATURE - EMBRACING DIVERSITY
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REVERSING THE BIODIVERSITY CRISIS THROUGH CONSERVATION • BY MARION SPÉE
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Living beings are being threatened like never before. Of the 1.2 million known plant and animal species that inhabit the planet, one in eight faces extinction and several are dying every day.If the climate crisis, which is attracting more media coverage, is frightening and is leaving its mark (floods, heat waves, etc.), the loss of biodiversity is just as alarming. Moreover, the two issues are linked and have one thing in common: human activity.
