Consumer Habits of , Rich Nations Driving Extinction , of Species Worldwide.<br />According to a study by the University of Sydney, the <br />consumer habits of wealthy countries could unintentionally <br />be driving the extinction of species in poorer countries. .<br />Those habits are also responsible for <br />39% of the extinction-risk footprint <br />for the entire world.<br />'The independent' reports that <br />the study focused on over <br />5,000 species in 188 countries.<br />Researchers found that the consumer habits of just 76 countries were the primary cause of species extinction risk in the other 112 countries. .<br />Most of the countries responsible were concentrated in , Europe, North America and East Asia.<br />A recent Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) assessment report found that 1 million species already face extinction.<br />Many of those species , face extinction , within just decades. .<br />The complexity of economic interactions <br />in our globalized world means that the <br />purchase of a coffee in Sydney may <br />contribute to biodiversity loss in Honduras, Amanda Irwin, lead researcher from the University <br />of Sydney’s Integrated Sustainability Analysis <br />research group, via 'The Independent'.<br />The complexity of economic interactions <br />in our globalized world means that the <br />purchase of a coffee in Sydney may <br />contribute to biodiversity loss in Honduras, Amanda Irwin, lead researcher from the University <br />of Sydney’s Integrated Sustainability Analysis <br />research group, via 'The Independent'.<br />The choices we make every day <br />have an impact on the natural world, <br />even if we don’t see this impact, Amanda Irwin, lead researcher from the University of Sydney’s Integrated Sustainability Analysis research group, via 'The Independent'.<br />Everything that we consume has <br />been derived from the natural world, <br />with raw materials transformed into <br />finished products through a myriad <br />of supply chain transactions, Amanda Irwin, lead researcher from the University <br />of Sydney’s Integrated Sustainability Analysis <br />research group, via 'The Independent'.<br />Everything that we consume has <br />been derived from the natural world, <br />with raw materials transformed into <br />finished products through a myriad <br />of supply chain transactions, Amanda Irwin, lead researcher from the University <br />of Sydney’s Integrated Sustainability Analysis <br />research group, via 'The Independent'
