A new U.N. biodiversity report card highlights the decline over the past 10 years in fragile ecosystems such as coral reefs and tropical forests.
Researchers and therapists say that grief linked to climate change is on the rise.
As countries prepare to restart their economies after combating the coronavirus, there’s an opportunity to do better — or much worse — for the planet, Cooper said. “Some countries are relaxing environmental regulations, but others are investing in a green recovery,” he said.One of the challenges in meeting global biodiversity targets is a mismatch between countries with abundant natural assets — such as large tracts of intact tropical forests — and those with money to enforce protections.
“The biodiversity hotspots tend to be in poorer countries,” and wealthy countries need to be willing to provide financial or practical support to help other nations, Cooper said.
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