Conservation

Verified

• There is little doubt left in the of that is currently faced with a mounting loss of that threatens to rival the great of the . ()
  • Source: "The Sixth Extinction", an ActionBioscience.org original article
• represents the single most profound ecological change in the entire 3.5 - history of . ()
  • Source: "The Sixth Extinction", an ActionBioscience.org original article
• Indeed, to develop agriculture is essentially to declare war on —converting land to produce one or two , with all other native species all now classified as unwanted 'weeds'—and all but a few species of now considered as . ()
  • Source: "The Sixth Extinction", an ActionBioscience.org original article
• This explosion of , especially in the post- years of the past two , coupled with the unequal distribution and consumption of on the planet, is the underlying cause of the Sixth Extinction. ()
  • Source: "The Sixth Extinction", an ActionBioscience.org original article

Attributed

• By , between 25 and 50 per cent of all species will have disappeared or be too few in to survive. There'll be a few over-visited , the will be beaten up, overgrazed. Vast areas of the that have lost their will have the same damn weeds, and scrawny so that you don't know if you're in or . (Approximately )
  • Notes: In this quote, Pimm was describing what he saw as the likely ecological condition of Earth if the trend of bio-extinction continued at its current rate.
  • Source: "Mass Extinction Not Inevitable", a Wired News article