Saving endangered species: Now we must focus on ecosystem health
It’s been almost a decade since nations from across the globe convened in Aichi Prefecture of Japan for a meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at which targets were established to halt to the biodiversity crisis.
How’d we do? So far, nations have increased the amount of land and sea set aside for conservation and we have protected approximately 15% of the planet’s land and more than 7% of its ocean.