Staggering Recent Losses of Biodiversity Confirmed

The UN’s third and most recent Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-3) notes that one-third of all mammal, reptile, bird, and fish species that lived in 1970 became extinct by 2006. The human population doubled during that same period. With human population set to increase by an equal number during the next 36 years, one can only wonder whether another 1/3 of extant vertebrate biodiversity will be lost.

BBC – Richard Black’s Earth Watch: A financial trick in the familiar biodiversity tale