Feb. 5, 2019 – At least 15% of the world’s inland surface water areas are covered by protected areas, according to a new study from the JRC. This is close to the global target of 17% set out in Aichi Target 11 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020 of the Convention on Biological Diversity […]
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Global warming increases the risk of an extinction domino effect
Nov. 28, 2018 – The complex network of interdependencies between plants and animals multiplies the species at risk of extinction due to environmental change, according to a JRC study. In the case of global warming, predictions that fail to take into account this cascading effect might underestimate extinctions by up to 10 times. As an […]