UN sets 2030 biodiversity targets as we face a mass extinction - CNN

Almost a third of the Earth will need to be protected by 2030 and pollution cut by half to save our remaining wildlife, as we enter the planet's sixth era of mass extinction, according to a United Nations agency. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity released a draft plan on Monday, which sets global goals to combat the ongoing biodiversity crisis in the coming decades. ...
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/14/world/un-biodiversity-draft-plan-intl-hnk-scli-scn/index.html

Loss of biodiversity is just as catastrophic as climate change

Nature is being eroded at rates unprecedented in human history but we still have time to stave off mass extinctions....
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/06/biodiversity-climate-change-mass-extinctions

Biodiversity crisis is about to put humanity at risk, UN scientists to warn

The world’s leading scientists will warn the planet’s life-support systems are approaching a danger zone for humanity when they release the results of the most comprehensive study of life on Earth ever undertaken.....
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/03/climate-crisis-is-about-to-put-humanity-at-risk-un-scientists-warn

'Mindblowing' haul of fossils over 500m years old unearthed in China

Thousands of fossils date back to huge burst in diversity of life on Earth known as Cambrian
explosion...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/21/mindblowing-haul-of-fossils-over-500m-years-old-unearthed-in-china

World's food supply under 'severe threat' from loss of biodiversity | Global development | The Guardian

Plants, insects and organisms crucial to food production in steep decline, says UN....
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/feb/21/worlds-food-supply-under-severe-threat-from-loss-of-biodiversity

Stop biodiversity loss or we could face our own extinction, warns UN | Environment | The Guardian

The world has two years to secure a deal for nature to halt a ‘silent killer’ as dangerous as climate change, says biodiversity chief...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/03/stop-biodiversity-loss-or-we-could-face-our-own-extinction-warns-un

Common Insects Face Growing Problems -- Truthdig

Earth's largest animal group faces a new threat. Bugs—not just rare species, but common ones too—may become less genetically diverse. ...
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/common-insects-face-growing-problems/