Animal and plant species are dying out at a rate that humans have never before experienced in history.

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• PrimaryIPBES - Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem ServicesThe Report finds that around 1 million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction, many within decades, more than ever before in human history. Current global species extinction rate is already at least tens to hundreds of times higher than it has averaged over the past 10 million years.
• AcademicNature - Scientific ReportsThe Earth is experiencing biodiversity loss at unprecedented rates, with current species extinction rates estimated to be 100–1000 times faster than background extinction rates.