As humanity marches on seemingly ignorant, yet keenly aware, the earths climate continues to warm faster than predicted and the sixth-extinction event picks up momentum like a snowball rolling down hill one group of scientists recently published a paper titled “A Global Deal For Nature: Guiding principles, milestones, and targets” in the journal Science Advances proposing a solution to put a halt to our global crises. In this paper the authors make the case that:
“the most logical path to avoid the approaching crisis is maintaining and restoring at least 50% of the Earth’s land area as intact natural ecosystems, in combination with energy transition measures.”
The authors clearly state that measures to protect ecosystems, biodiversity and any aversion or mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is a time bound matter and action must come sooner than later.
The paper lists five major goals of the project:
(3) maintain ecological function and ecosystem services
(4) maximize carbon sequestration by natural ecosystems
In addition the paper gives clear scientific evidence for their proposal and priorities that include: protecting biodiversity, mitigating climate change and reducing future threats. This is a well presented paper and one clearly worth reading.
A short article summarizing the project can be found here and is a good jumping off point prior to reading the whole study. It’s a beautiful world and diverse world and something too important to loose.
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Hear, hear. Thanks for the links, Mike.
Hi eliza, your welcome and we are happy to pass along the information we find. Knowledge is power.
Sadly true. I think 25 years of birth control would help if globally applied . . .
Hi, yes a smaller population of us humans running around would help but I suspect that other cultural/economic/political changes would have to happen on a global scale as well. Things will indeed get worse before they get better.
Sadly true.
greed may be the undoing of our species.
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THanks for passing along the post. We appreciate it.
Thanks for the links and the beautiful photos of the lovely world.
Your welcome and it is a lovely little planet we live on. Hop ewe can protect a bit of what we still have left.
Me too.
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Thanks
Your welcome JIm.
Beautiful post, Mike 😀
Thanks.
Very nice post, Mike. The planet needs us to be better stewards.
Hi Steve, yes we need to take better care of whats left. I am pessimistic about that happening in the near future but there is hope hidden somewhere I believe.
Yes, I am pessimistic too. But giving up is a guarantee.
Agreed .
Thanks for sharing these resources. It’s much easier to talk about these issues with facts under our belts.
HI Kit, yes facts still reign supreme it may take awhile but they do. Hope your having a great weekend.
Nice pictures