claim: Each year sees the disappearance of thousands of plant and animal species which we will never know, which our children will never see, because they have been lost for ever.
evidences.evidence_id: Extinction:15
evidences.article: Extinction
evidences.evidence: According to the 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by IPBES, the biomass of wild mammals has fallen by 82%, natural ecosystems have lost about half their area and a million species are at risk of extinction—all largely as a result of human actions.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Extinction:16
evidences.article: Extinction
evidences.evidence: Twenty-five percent of plant and animal species are threatened with extinction.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Extinction:17
evidences.article: Extinction
evidences.evidence: In June 2019, one million species of plants and animals were at risk of extinction.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Human overpopulation:167
evidences.article: Human overpopulation
evidences.evidence: Worst of all, we have driven the rate of biological extinction, the permanent loss of species, up several hundred times beyond its historical levels, and are threatened with the loss of a majority of all species by the end of the 21st century."
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Human overpopulation:178
evidences.article: Human overpopulation
evidences.evidence: Present extinction rates may be as high as 140,000 species lost per year due to human activity, such as slash-and-burn techniques that sometimes are practiced by shifting cultivators, especially in countries with rapidly expanding rural populations, which have reduced habitat in tropical forests.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS