At a time of nature crisis driven by unparalleled rates of biodiversity loss, a new interconnected system to monitor biodiversity around the world is urgently needed to direct and focus conservation action.
"The lethal combination of habitat loss, the exploitation of natural populations, pollution, and climate change is causingrates not seen since the last mass extinction 65 million years ago," said Prof. Andrew Gonzalez, Liber Ero Chair in Conservation Biology at McGill University, and co-Chair of GEO BON.
"We lack the means to monitor these impacts fast enough across most areas of the planet.
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