Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change

Abstract

The time is now For decades, scientists have been raising calls for societal changes that will reduce our impacts on nature. Though much conservation has occurred, our natural environment continues to decline under the weight of our consumption. Humanity depends directly on the output of nature; thus, this decline will affect us, just as it does the other species with which we share this world. Díaz et al. review the findings of the largest assessment of the state of nature conducted as of yet. They report that the state of nature, and the state of the equitable distribution of nature's support, is in serious decline. Only immediate transformation of global business-as-usual economies and operations will sustain nature as we know it, and us, into the future. Science , this issue p. eaax3100

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Affiliated Institutions

• National Institute for Environmental Studies JP
• Centre for Ecological Research HU
• University of Cambridge GB
• Marine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation FR
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology DE
• Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas AR
• University of the West of England GB
• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México MX
• University of British Columbia CA
• BirdLife international GB
• University of Oxford GB
• German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research DE
• Duke University US
• Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean KE
• Simón Bolívar University VE
• Stockholm University SE
• Clark University US
• Stockholm Resilience Centre SE
• Universidad Nacional de Córdoba AR
• Michigan State University US
• Stellenbosch University ZA
• Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique FR
• Indiana University Bloomington US
• Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research DE
• The University of Queensland AU
• University of Minnesota US
• National University of Río Negro AR
• Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal AR
• United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability JP
• United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health MY
• CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere AU
• Institut de Recherche pour le Développement FR
• University of Cape Town ZA
• Imperial College London GB
• Ifremer FR
• University of the Philippines Diliman PH
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew GB
• George Mason University US
• Natural History Museum GB
• University of the West Indies TT
• University of Tasmania AU
• Institute of Ecology and Botany HU
• Chiba University JP
• Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services DE
• Radboud University Nijmegen NL

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