UN Calls for Change , After Report Warns of Vital, Species Driven Toward Extinction.<br />'Time' reports that the world's <br />population depends on wild flora and <br />fauna to obtain food, medicine and energy.<br />A new United Nations report warns that <br />deforestation, overexploitation, climate change and <br />pollution are driving one million species to extinction.<br />A new United Nations report warns that <br />deforestation, overexploitation, climate change and <br />pollution are driving one million species to extinction.<br />The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) says that irreparable harm is being done to the environment.<br />The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) says that irreparable harm is being done to the environment.<br />That harm includes the loss of 12% of wild tree species, more than a thousand species of mammals and nearly 450 species of sharks and rays.<br />That harm includes the loss of 12% of wild tree species, more than a thousand species of mammals and nearly 450 species of sharks and rays.<br />When uses of wild species <br />become unsustainable, it’s bad <br />for the species, it’s bad <br />for the ecosystem and <br />it’s bad for the people, Marla R. Emery, report co-chair <br />of the United States, via 'Time'.<br />According to the report, a key point <br />should be to secure tenure rights <br />for Indigenous people.<br />Indigenous people occupy <br />about 14,600,000 square miles <br />of land across 87 countries.<br />That area accounts <br />for nearly 40% of all the <br />conserved areas on Earth.<br />Their lands tend to be doing better <br />in sustainability than other lands. <br />And the common thread is <br />the ability to continue to<br />engage in customary practices, Marla R. Emery, report co-chair <br />of the United States, via 'Time'.<br />The report was approved by <br />representatives of 139 U.N. member <br />countries in Bonn, Germany, earlier this week
