When the world's leading conservation congress kicks off in Marseille it will aim to deliver one key message: protecting wildlife must not be seen as a noble gesture but an absolute necessity.
Protecting wildlife is no longer perceived as a noble gesture but an absolute necessityPARIS - When the world's leading conservation congress kicks off Friday in the French port city of Marseille it will aim to deliver one key message: protecting wildlife must not be seen as a noble gesture but an absolute necessity -- for people and the planet.
Previous congresses paved the way for global treaties on biodiversity and the international trade in endangered species. The IUCN has assessed nearly 135,000 species over the last half-century for its Red List of Threatened Species, the gold standard for measuring how close animal and plant life are to vanishing forever.
Invasive species are also taking a toll, especially in island ecosystems where unique species of birds have already fallen prey to rodents, snakes and disease-bearing mosquitos that hitched rides from explorers, cargo ships or passenger planes.- 'Our right to exist' - Rates of tree loss drop sharply in the forests where native peoples live, especially if they hold some degree of title -- legal or customary -- over land.
This year's congress was delayed from 2020 and will still be hampered by the pandemic, with a hybrid format of in-person and online attendance.
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