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1 Million Animal And Plant Species Are At Risk Of Extinction, U.N. Report Says

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"Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history," a U.N. panel says, reporting that around 1 million species are currently at risk. Here, an endangered hawksbill turtle swims in a Singapore aquarium in 2017.

"Protecting biodiversity amounts to protecting humanity," says UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, who warns that species are being lost at an alarming rate.

(Image credit: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images)



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