Chapter 6 Preventing Biodiversity Loss
Inviting nature back will allow the ecosystem to regain scale and stability
The ecosystem is complex, with many interdependencies, such that if it is weakened, it cannot be predicted when and how it may fail. Species are disappearing at a rapid rate in the sixth great extinction of geological time, and it is caused by us. This is playing Russian roulette with our future.
The polar bear has become emblematic of the loss of natural habitats. The Arctic Sea ice where these animals roam is retreating, and it seems certain that the Arctic Ocean will ice-free each summer within the decade. The natural habitat of the polar bear will have been changed such that polar bears in the ...
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