Environmental mitigation
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== Background == |
== Background == |
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[[File:1970- Decline in species populations - Living Planet Index.svg|alt=Chart showing the Living Planet Index |
[[File:1970- Decline in species populations - Living Planet Index.svg|alt=Chart showing the Living Planet Index from 1970, showing decline in species population|thumb|Living Planet Index from 1970, showing decline in species population{{cite web |last1=Ritchie |first1=Hannah |title=How does the Living Planet Index vary by region? |url=https://ourworldindata.org/living-planet-index-region |publisher=Our World in Data (OWID) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260305085248/https://ourworldindata.org/living-planet-index-region |archive-date=5 March 2026 |date=October 2025 |url-status=live}} See [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1970-_Decline_in_species_populations_-_Living_Planet_Index.svg file description page] for updated referencing and more complete archives.]] |
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[[Biodiversity loss]] is occurring on a global scale and humans are driving this through changes in land use, exploitation of organisms, [[climate change]], [[pollution]], and [[invasive species]].{{Cite report |url=https://zenodo.org/records/3553579 |title=Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services |last=IPBES |date=2019-11-25 |doi=10.5281/zenodo.3553579}} According to WWF's Living Planet Report, these drivers are underpinned by rapid [[economic growth]] and [[Population growth|human population growth]] over the past 50 years.{{Cite journal |last1=Ledger |first1=Sophie E. H. |last2=Loh |first2=Jonathan |last3=Almond |first3=Rosamunde |last4=Böhm |first4=Monika |last5=Clements |first5=Christopher F. |last6=Currie |first6=Jessica |last7=Deinet |first7=Stefanie |last8=Galewski |first8=Thomas |last9=Grooten |first9=Monique |last10=Jenkins |first10=Martin |last11=Marconi |first11=Valentina |last12=Painter |first12=Brett |last13=Scott-Gatty |first13=Kate |last14=Young |first14=Lucy |last15=Hoffmann |first15=Michael |date=2023-06-01 |title=Past, present, and future of the Living Planet Index |journal=npj Biodiversity |volume=2 |issue=1 |doi=10.1038/s44185-023-00017-3 |issn=2731-4243}} |
[[Biodiversity loss]] is occurring on a global scale and humans are driving this through changes in land use, exploitation of organisms, [[climate change]], [[pollution]], and [[invasive species]].{{Cite report |url=https://zenodo.org/records/3553579 |title=Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services |last=IPBES |date=2019-11-25 |doi=10.5281/zenodo.3553579}} According to WWF's Living Planet Report, these drivers are underpinned by rapid [[economic growth]] and [[Population growth|human population growth]] over the past 50 years.{{Cite journal |last1=Ledger |first1=Sophie E. H. |last2=Loh |first2=Jonathan |last3=Almond |first3=Rosamunde |last4=Böhm |first4=Monika |last5=Clements |first5=Christopher F. |last6=Currie |first6=Jessica |last7=Deinet |first7=Stefanie |last8=Galewski |first8=Thomas |last9=Grooten |first9=Monique |last10=Jenkins |first10=Martin |last11=Marconi |first11=Valentina |last12=Painter |first12=Brett |last13=Scott-Gatty |first13=Kate |last14=Young |first14=Lucy |last15=Hoffmann |first15=Michael |date=2023-06-01 |title=Past, present, and future of the Living Planet Index |journal=npj Biodiversity |volume=2 |issue=1 |doi=10.1038/s44185-023-00017-3 |issn=2731-4243}} |
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