Wealth At the Expense of Others?
Wealthy countries should pay for the loss and damage they cause to nature in poorer countries in the same way as for climate impacts.
“Global #biodiversity loss has been disproportionately driven by consumption of people in rich nations. The concept of ‘loss and damage’ – familiar from international agreements on climate breakdown – should be considered for the effects of biodiversity loss in countries of the global south.”
"Like climate breakdown, loss of wildlife has significant social and economic impacts. As a result of the expansion of destructive #mining, #agriculture and #deforestation by wealthy nations, people in poorer nations often have fewer natural resources to feed themselves, fewer opportunities to generate an income, and have a loss of cultural values, according to the researchers."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/29/loss-and-damage-fund-nature-developing-world-aoe

Living Well at Others’ Expense: The Hidden Costs of Western Prosperity, Stephan Lessenich, 2019
https://www.politybooks.com/search?s=lessenich
#Climate #Ecological #Disasters #Risks #Overexploitation #Consumption #Wildlife #SupplyChain #SocialJustice #LossAndDamage

"Don't lower your ground if you live close to the sea" - take-home message by #ClusterRoots member Bente Majchczack after his presentation "Medieval peat quarrying for salt production in the coastal marshes of #NorthFrisia" as part of the session "Between #OverExploitation and #sustainability: Extraction of #resources as a driver for #societalchange and #inequality"
#waddensea

MIT Predicted in 1972 That Society Will Collapse This Century. New Research Shows We’re on Schedule.
>In 1972, a team of MIT scientists got together to study the risks of civilizational collapse. Their system dynamics model published by the Club of Rome identified impending ‘limits to growth’ (#LtG) that meant industrial civilization was on track to #collapse sometime within the 21st century, due to #overexploitation of planetary resources.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3xw3x/new-research-vindicates-1972-mit-prediction-that-society-will-collapse-soon

#COP15: NATIONS ADOPT FOUR GOALS, 23 TARGETS FOR 2030 IN LANDMARK UN #BIODIVERSITY AGREEMENT
By 2030: Protect 30% of Earth’s lands, oceans, coastal areas, inland waters; Reduce by $500 billion annual harmful government #subsidies; Cut food waste in half
summary:
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-cop15-global-agreement-on-biodiversity-reached #supplychain #ethics #extinction #overexploitation #ClimateAction #pollution

RT @UN_FAO_GFCM: #On #MediterraneanDay we want to share with you some of @UN_FAO_GFCM relevant activities & stories❗️

Discover #MedSea4Fish: an ambitious fisheries #programme to #continue turning the corner on #overexploitation in #Mediterranean Sea.
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https://www.fao.org/gfcm/news/detail/en/c/1542554/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_MARE/status/1597532899225456640

RT @UNBiodiversity: We have failed to meet the @un's Aichi targets for #biodiversity, and our failure to do so is a damning indictment of our efforts to save #nature🦜🦅🦤

To learn more about #habitatloss 🌱and #overexploitation of #birds read via @birdlife_news ⤵️

https://www.birdlife.org/news/2022/08/05/over-half-the-worlds-threatened-species-require-targeted-conservation-efforts-to-prevent-their-extinction/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUCYPRUS/status/1581525418779512832

An ecological network approach to predict ecosystem service vulnerability to species losses

#Anthropogenic threats, such as #ClimateChange and #species’ #overexploitation, are degrading ecosystems and their capacity to provide ecosystem services—nature’s contributions to human #WellBeing. Anticipating how these threats that cause #species #losses will impact #ecosystem services poses an urgent #science and policy challenge...

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21824-x

#Biology #biodiversity

Living Planet Index

+From 1970 to 2016, there was an average 68% decline in the #LivingPlanetIndex
+The population abundance of monitored #wildlife, on average, dropped by more than 2/3 in just over 45 years
+Species declines are particularly pronounced in tropical regions and freshwater systems
+The main threats to #species populations are #habitat loss and degradation, and #overexploitation

https://youtu.be/1EstnjlSNQk

https://www.zsl.org/global-biodiversity-monitoring/indicators-and-assessments-unit/living-planet-index

Report (PDF):
https://www.zsl.org/sites/default/files/LPR%202020%20Full%20report.pdf