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- 9 facts about wildlife extinction and how we can save species | World . . .
Nearly 40% of plants at risk of extinction Four in 10 (39 4%) plants are at risk of dying out, according to the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew’s State of the World’s Plants and Fungi report An additional challenge is identifying them before extinction, with 1,942 new species of plants identified last year alone
- How the sixth extinction crisis can be stalled – or stopped
The world has entered the sixth extinction crisis with the loss of species having a devastating impact on the biodiversity crucial to human survival The process of extinction can be stopped by building technology, solutions and processes that can help us secure animal DNA and begin to reverse the damage created by humans
- Future of Jobs Report 2025: The jobs of the future - The World Economic . . .
Farmworkers top the list Green transition trends, including efforts to reduce carbon emissions and adapt to the climate crisis, will drive growth that will create 34 million additional jobs by 2030, adding to the 200 million farmworkers today
- Native crops and our future are at risk without biodiversity
Yet, the extinction of native crops is not inevitable There is growing recognition that agricultural biodiversity must be at the centre of sustainable food strategies Governments have a role in creating enabling policies that incentivize farmers to cultivate indigenous crops
- This is why half of the world’s languages are endangered | World . . .
There are 7,000 documented languages currently spoken across the world, but half of them could be endangered, according to a new study
- How engineering animals and plants could help fight climate change
The process of resurrecting traits from extinct animals is commonly referred to as “de-extinction," and scientists hope to bring back the woolly mammoth to preserve the tundra Engineering other animals and plants can help revive the ocean, protect food systems, and remove carbon from the atmosphere
- Six charts that show the state of global biodiversity loss | World . . .
The chart above shows which species are considered to be most at risk of extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species The IUCN evaluates 140,000 species by population and how they have changed over time, and creates a Red List Index of relative survival probability
- How zoos can save our animals | World Economic Forum
It’s an event rivaling the extinction of the dinosaurs The embrace of conservation by zoos, though, doesn’t always sit well with their own history The modern American zoo that emerged in the late 19th century fancied itself as a center of natural history, education, and conservation, but zoos have also always been in the entertainment
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