As nature declines, so does human quality of life, study finds

Researchers working with the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) reviewed more than 2,000 studies to determine how environmental decline is affecting human well-being. The study found “unambiguous declines” in quality of life related to half of the IPBES categories of nature’s contributions to humanity. Where the results were mixed, negative impacts were often felt more acutely by low-income people and poorer countries.

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