In the current year the extinction rate has been rising rapidly, with some species unable to recover as population continue to decline. This can be mostly associated with humans, as we continue to develop and our civilization progresses, we tend to inflict damage on the ecosystems whether we realize it or not.
As the human population increases, the need for more food arises, to acquire food either by animals or plants. Land has to be cleared to prepare that site for its future agricultural facilities. In doing this we are destroying the plants that are native to those areas, these plants may be unable to regrow. This is directly affecting biodiversity of said areas. Commercial growing of crops causes soil degradation, after self crop cycles the land cannot support that level of growing naturally, this lead to complete reliance on artificial fertilizers.
The artificial fertilizers can potentially lead to surface run-offs , this can be detrimental to an aquatic ecosystems, and in the worse case scenario form a “dead zone”. The report then focuses on the fact that despite the future of nature looks bleak there is still time to put in place measures and actively work towards solutions before it becomes too late and there will be nothing save.
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/05/nature-decline-unprecedented-report/
Applied Plant Ecology Winter 2020 