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Species Extinction and Biodiversity
The human contribution to climate change is one of the major themes at this week's meeting of world leaders at the United Nations. People are also accelerating the extinction of other species.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe human contribution to climate change is one of the major themes at this week's meeting of world leaders at the United Nations. People are also accelerating the extinction of other species. The World Conservation Union's 'Red List' reports that 25 to 30% of mammals and amphibians are endangered along with 70% of plants—all because of human activities. Why should we care? What's the economic value of biodiversity? What does it have to do with our own species' survival?
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Vanessa Romo
LA School Report
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Jean Christophe Vie
Deputy Coordinator for the Species Program at the World Conservation Union
Peter Kareiva
Lead scientist with the Nature Conservancy
Jerry Taylor
Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute