Biodiversity, the variety of life on Earth, drives the life support systems on which humans and all other species rely. This biodiversity is facing myriad and escalating threats. Across the globe, ecosystems are being degraded or destroyed. Many species are being pushed to the brink of extinction.
Around 80% of the forests that originally covered the Earth have been cleared, fragmented, or degraded over the past 150 years. The best information that science can provide suggests that species are disappearing at up to 10 times the normal rate, with the prospect that 50% of all current life forms may ultimately be lost.
Fauna & Flora International is working to address the threats facing the variety of life on Earth. It's vision is of a sustainable future for the planet, where biodiversity is effectively conserved by the people who live closest to it, supported by the global community. But biodiversity is in serious danger - please help us to save this precious resource.
To learn more about our work, the future of conservation and how an investment in us is an investment in the future of biodiversity, download our briefing note: Securing the Future.
“If you value the natural world, if you believe it should be conserved for its own sake as well as for humanity’s, then do please support FFI.” Sir David Attenborough, FFI Vice President. Please support us today.
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