Earth Species, Including Man, Face Grave Danger in Future: Scientific Report

Rapid Resource --


The following reads like a billboard of warning and caution.  It is a report by Louis Dore about a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, warning about a vastly increased rate of species loss.

The urgency here is obvious.

I will place a link to the full online report below the bulletins.

from The Independent --

A study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has warned that species are being wiped out 100 times faster than in the last millennium....

and from the report:

"As much as 50 per cent of the number of animal individuals that once shared Earth with us are already gone, as are billions of populations.

"We emphasise that the sixth mass extinction is already here and the window for effective action is very short, probably two or three decades at most.

"All signs point to ever more powerful assaults on biodiversity in the next two decades, painting a dismal picture of the future of life, including human life.

The report added:

"The resulting biological annihilation obviously will also have serious ecological, economic, and social consequences.

"Humanity will eventually pay a very high price for the decimation of the only assemblage of life that we know of in the universe."

Mike Barrett, director of science and policy at WWF-UK, told the Independent:

"From the destruction of forests to the poaching of iconic species, we cannot ignore the impact that humanity is having on the world. We know how to stop this.

"It requires governments, businesses and every single one of us to rethink how we produce, consume and value the natural world. We must act now before it is too late."

Scientific Report Gives Dire Warning to Humankind