In all over the world, the species extinction rates are between 100 and 1,000 times the natural rate, being the latest biodiversity strategy. In the 27`s countries of the European Union , 25% of animal species are endangered and 88% of fish stocks are seriously threatened.
The European Union try to stop the rapid extinction of wild species, because it will cost less than trying to repair the damage once it is done. The european commission set a target of halting biodiversity loss by 2020. It also set a broader goal to restore biodiversity and ecosystem services provided by nature itself, such as air and water purification, by 2050.
Though the concept is abstract and the commission did not provide details of how they will proceed, the economic costs of continued species loss are real; biodiversity loss leading to a decline in insect pollination, which is essential for the agriculture and livestock.
But environmental organisations have been criticised the objectives of the new 2020 biodiversity plan, saying they are nothing more than a speech that it lacks of measurable targets.
The European Union try to stop the rapid extinction of wild species, because it will cost less than trying to repair the damage once it is done. The european commission set a target of halting biodiversity loss by 2020. It also set a broader goal to restore biodiversity and ecosystem services provided by nature itself, such as air and water purification, by 2050.
Though the concept is abstract and the commission did not provide details of how they will proceed, the economic costs of continued species loss are real; biodiversity loss leading to a decline in insect pollination, which is essential for the agriculture and livestock.
But environmental organisations have been criticised the objectives of the new 2020 biodiversity plan, saying they are nothing more than a speech that it lacks of measurable targets.
And what happen in Chile??
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