November 11, 2022
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New research into the causes of the devastating global biodiversity crisis has found that the conversion of natural forests and grasslands to intensive agriculture and livestock is the biggest cause. The next biggest drivers are the exploitation of wildlife though fishing, logging, trade and hunting—and then pollution. While climate change has rightly attracted attention for its catastrophic consequences for the natural world, it is only the fourth largest driver of biodiversity loss on land...
