The conversion of natural habitats to agricultural land, urban areas, and infrastructure represents the single greatest threat to wildlife worldwide. An estimated 40% of the Earth’s land surface is now used for food production. The expansion of the human footprint has left wildlife with smaller, more fragmented territories, often insufficient to maintain viable populations.
About 5/6 of that is animal agriculture.
For billions of people worldwide, wild-caught fish, bush meat, and other wildlife products provide essential protein and income.
Exploiting and killing other beings is NOT essential. To the contrary, it is literally the cause of the problem that the article is about, from habitat destruction to climate change, and indeed threatens the survival of "billions of people" worldwide.
Scientists and conservation organizations have rallied around the goal of “bending the curve” of biodiversity loss — transitioning from decline to recovery by 2030. Achieving this ambitious target requires immediate action on multiple fronts:
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Transforming food systems: Shifting to sustainable agriculture and fisheries practices, reducing food waste, and moving toward more plant-based diets in high-consumption countries.
How about veganic permaculture food forests using syntropic methods? Individual and community food security and sovereignty without the bullshit.
The author really missed an opportunity to point out that the exploitation of other beings is the biggest contributor to the problem and promote the abolition of such exploitation as the most effective solution.
