What is the rate of progressive loss of biodiversity of natural ecosystems as a result of the progressive process of global warming and other negative externalities of the development of civilisation?

What is the scale of the current great extinction of species of flora and fauna as a result of the progressive process of deforestation, the increasing scale of environmental pollution, the killing of wild animals including endangered species by poachers, the progressive process of global warming and the negative effects of this process, including increasingly frequent periods of drought, forest fires and forest burning, etc., i.e. all the negative, human-induced processes causing a rapid decline in the level of biodiversity of natural ecosystems?

In previous centuries, the progressive extinction of species of flora and fauna was mainly due to human-induced rapid deforestation, large-scale poaching and extermination of certain animal species, and uncontrolled hunting of selected animal species. In the 20th century, the key factors accelerating the extinction of many species of flora and fauna, both terrestrial and marine, also included increasing levels of environmental pollution, the development of unsustainable intensive agriculture, predatory forestry and continuing deforestation, poaching and trade in exotic animal species illegally harvested from the wild and transported to other countries to be sold on the black market. In addition to the above-mentioned determinants of the accelerating extinction process of many species of fauna and flora, and the declining level of biodiversity in the natural ecosystems of the planet, the 20th century also includes the accelerating process of global warming, which is also a derivative of human civilisational activity based on the combustion of fossil fuels. The scale of the extinction of many species of flora and fauna is already so large in the second half of the 20th century that this negative externality of human civilisational activity has been dubbed the 6th great extinction of species in the context of the 3 billion years of evolution of life forms on planet Earth. If the accelerating process of global warming is not halted, in the 21st century the successively increasing greenhouse effect of the planet's atmosphere will become a major factor in the continuing process of extinction of many species of flora and fauna and in the declining biodiversity of the planet's natural ecosystems. Therefore, in order to halt the fast-growing process of the planet Earth's biodiversity loss, it is necessary, first of all, to stop deforestation and develop programmes of afforestation of wastelands, areas degraded by civilisation, etc, The replacement of unsustainable intensive agriculture producing mainly animal feed with sustainable organic farming of plant-based agricultural products for direct human consumption, a significant reduction of the level of plastic and toxic substances in the environment, improvement of control systems and reduction of poaching and illegal hunting of protected fauna and flora species, reduction of the consumption of natural resources, development of programmes for the protection of drinking water resources, improvement of waste separation and recycling systems, development of sharing economy programmes, etc., and development of green areas in agglomerations. and the development of green areas in urban agglomerations and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to build a sustainable, emission-free, green circular economy. However, before this can happen, the protection of endangered species of flora and fauna must be developed and scaled up simultaneously, developing gene banks of endangered species of various life forms. Strengthening systems for monitoring changes in the level of biodiversity, including measuring the rate of progressive loss of biodiversity of natural ecosystems as a result of the progressive process of global warming, may also be helpful in this regard.

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

What is the rate of progressive loss of biodiversity of natural ecosystems as a consequence of the progressive process of global warming and other negative externalities of the development of civilisation?

What are the research results confirming the high level of the scale of the progressive loss of biodiversity of natural ecosystems as a consequence of the progressive process of global warming?

Are there research results indicating a high level of the scale of progressive loss of natural ecosystem biodiversity as a consequence of the progressive process of global warming?

What do you think about it?

What is your opinion on this subject?

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Dariusz Prokopowicz