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Re:Wildlife in ‘catastrophic decline’ due to human destructi... by rch on Friday September 11, 2020 @07:51PM (#24448570)
My perception is that climate change policy hasn't been sufficiently focused on biodiversity, maybe because it has taken so much effort to get the public on board with the idea that the science is real.

That's going to have to change.

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Re:Wildlife in ‘catastrophic decline’ due to human destructi... by jessaustin on Friday September 11, 2020 @08:29PM (#24448779)
There isn't much overlap between these two issues. Climate change is associated with using fossil fuels to produce energy. Decreases in biodiversity are associated with human land use such as agriculture, transportation, and construction, and also with pollution. Politically, tying one issue to the other just poisons them both. The only variable they share is the human population. Growth in human population is already slowing dramatically.
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