No, we do not need to grow the economy. It is big enough, fat enough, greedy enough. The rape and pillage of the natural world has caused this: 60% of species have declined over the last 50 years and 31% have declined strongly. For 155 conservation priority species for which we have suitable data, including many of our most threatened and vulnerable species, overall numbers have declined by 77% in the last 40 years, with little sign of recovery. Of more than 6,000 species that have been assessed using modern Red List criteria, more than one in ten are thought to be under threat of extinction in the UK. A further 885 species are listed as threatened using older Red List criteria or alternative methods to classify threat. And it is getting worse. What we do need to do is share out what we have more fairly. rspb.org.uk/ourwork/science/stateofnature/index.aspx
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:24:04 +0000
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