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Biodiversity has declined 68% in less than 50 years. Thousands of species are threatened with extinction.
The reason? All human induced: habitat loss, overexploitation, and the climate crisis.
It’s time to realize that the current crisis is one of identity loss as well. Biodiversity loss, extinction, habitat destruction: these are all sufferings that we must acknowledge as our own. Biodiversity is human, habitats are human, the environment is human. Without understanding that the whole human existence functions in symbiosis with our planet, we fail to fulfill our role, to live for the source of our existence instead of against it.
How can biodiversity loss be addressed?
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Eco-tourism and conservation
- Success stories worldwide: check out Singita and Raja Ampat
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Rewilding
- restore habitats and reintroduce animals. Checkout rewilding Europe!
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WildAid: Publicity Campaigns
- Attacking poaching at the source: dissuade the buyers. Did you know that rhino horn is mainly bought by the Vietnamese elite? Who believe that it is a status symbol.
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Carbon credits
- The country of Gabon is now being paid to protect its rainforest!
