Subsidies to Key Economic Sectors Threaten the Planet's Biodiversity

Subsidies to key economic sectors threaten the planet's biodiversity

Nature is fundamental to human life and well-being: it enables food production, regulates the climate, maintains the water and carbon cycles, and directly contributes to health. More than half of the global economy depends, to a greater or lesser extent, on the services provided by nature. However, human actions are causing an accelerated and widespread deterioration of the planet and all life forms that inhabit it.

Nature is fundamental to human life and well-being: it allows food production, regulates the climate, maintains the cycles of water and carbon and contributes directly to health. More than half of the world's economy depends, to a greater or lesser extent, on the services provided by nature. However, [...]