The year 2020 was declared by the UN and other institutions as the moment of nature's truth
The year 2020 was declared a decisive year, approx"Nature's moment of truth", when biologists warn of the urgent need to mitigate the damage to biological diversity. The warning focuses on a number of events, reports and activities, with the understanding that the environmental destruction can be stopped.
When all the data points to rapid global warming thatcauses serious damage to biological diversity, the warning is issued that if the leaders do not reach an agreement this year that will stop the mass extinction of wildlife and the destruction of the environmental systems that support life, it will be tantamount to humanity giving up on the planet.
World leaders listened to the discussion on the topic: how to plan and implement measures to mitigate the loss of biodiversity and how to lead development trends In the next decade towards sustainability, a report was also published by "Convention on Biological Diversity” where an ambitious plan for nature conservation activities in the next ten years. In the program written in collaboration with UN environmental conservation experts (UNEP), information collected in consultation with experts around the world is taken into account, the program allows many organizations to participate in building a future in which there will be life in perfect harmony (harmony) with nature. The plan also includes a proposal for monitoring the way in which the countries of the world fulfill the commitments.
The need for urgent action was emphasized In the report of the World Economic Forum in Davos which details and focuses the danger to businesses due to the damage to nature by specifying five main dangers: extreme weather events, failure to mitigate and adapt to global warming, damage from severe natural disasters, severe loss of biological diversity and collapse of environmental systems, disasters and environmental damage caused by humans.
Referring to the impact of the loss of biological diversity, the report states that the current rate of extinction is a hundred times greater than the average of the last ten million years and the rate is increasing. The loss of biological diversity has a decisive negative effect on humanity, the collapse of the food supply, the collapse of the health systems and much more.
After the difficult reports, there are also positive signs of addressing the problem, such as the mobilization of Members of the European ParliamentFor a process in which laws will be enacted that will require the marking of goals and a timetable for the conservation of nature until 2030, by restoring damaged environmental systems and thus reaching a situation where 30% of the continent's surface will be preserved.
To me, eyes of a skeptic, it sounds far-fetched but if the world follows the Europeans there is hope for our environment and nature.
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Strange how little reference there is to the real problem. to the elephant in the center of the room.
The only factor that harms the environment/nature/endangers humanity, etc. is of course - humanity.
The reference is of course to the size of humanity.
There are simply far too many people - and therefore all actions (which I do not argue with the need for) are like a drop in the ocean if humanity continues to grow.
The solution? I don't know... but humanity needs to stop growing and then also shrinking. gradually.
The way I see it, the best way to get people to do something is through the pocketbook - for example, give a large birth grant for the first child, a much smaller one for the second and, starting with the third, subtract from the grants given to the first and second, so that it will be very, very unprofitable to reproduce.
The economists will not like it - the entire model of economic growth is based on the fact that we will continue to reproduce (a bit like a pyramid scheme if you ask me...) and stopping the reproduction will be unpopular.
How can such things be implemented in Africa and other third world countries? Not easy, that's for sure...
But in my opinion there is no choice but to start acting in that direction.
Western countries will have to invest in and help third world countries because otherwise the fate of future generations will be bad and bitter.
Rehabilitation will actually hurt. The biological diversity of the restored space is very low. As in Israel planting trees (even a Mediterranean forest) permanently destroyed the forest growth that was cut down. The nature of the contractor is to submit an aesthetic and finished work and the nature of the scientist is to see only one or two parameters.
What is needed is to consume less, mine less, expand nature reserves, etc.
Each continent must allocate at least 20% of its territory to nature and prohibit the entry of humans into these territories. In these territories, those that are biologically sensitive should be prioritized, for example rainforests and islands such as Madagascar, and try to create a territorial continuum between them to allow a safe and sufficient living space for migrating animals. No matter how we spin it, there is no other way because wherever a human sets foot there will be pollution and they will kill the large wild animals and then enslave the land for their needs. It is time to give nature the respect it deserves and sterile areas from people will allow maximum conservation. There is a chance that the future cures for the most serious diseases and for those that we haven't discovered are still in the rainforests and species that are becoming extinct every day. This must not be allowed to continue.