30% of land and oceans must be conserved to prevent mass extinction

Extinction risk could be cut by more than 50% if 30% of land and oceans are conserved, according to a report published in the journal Ecology. Between 1990 and 2016, the world has lost over 500,000 square miles of forest, an area larger than South Africa, and according to the U.N, over one million species are at risk of extinction. 21 global biodiversity and climate change scientists have published a report yesterday (February 26), outlining conservation methods that must be taken to prevent mass extinction...

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