Consumer Habits of , Rich Nations Driving Extinction , of Species Worldwide.
According to a study by the University of Sydney, the consumer habits of wealthy countries could unintentionally be driving the extinction of species in poorer countries.
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Those habits are also responsible for 39% of the extinction-risk footprint for the entire world.
'The independent' reports that the study focused on over 5,000 species in 188 countries.
Researchers found that the consumer habits of just 76 countries were the primary cause of species extinction risk in the other 112 countries.
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Most of the countries responsible were concentrated in , Europe, North America and East Asia.
A recent Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) assessment report found that 1 million species already face extinction.
Many of those species , face extinction , within just decades.
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The complexity of economic interactions in our globalized world means that the purchase of a coffee in Sydney may contribute to biodiversity loss in Honduras, Amanda Irwin, lead researcher from the University of Sydney’s Integrated Sustainability Analysis research group, via 'The Independent'.
The complexity of economic interactions in our globalized world means that the purchase of a coffee in Sydney may contribute to biodiversity loss in Honduras, Amanda Irwin, lead researcher from the University of Sydney’s Integrated Sustainability Analysis research group, via 'The Independent'.
The choices we make every day have an impact on the natural world, even if we don’t see this impact, Amanda Irwin, lead researcher from the University of Sydney’s Integrated Sustainability Analysis research group, via 'The Independent'.
Everything that we consume has been derived from the natural world, with raw materials transformed into finished products through a myriad of supply chain transactions, Amanda Irwin, lead researcher from the University of Sydney’s Integrated Sustainability Analysis research group, via 'The Independent'.
Everything that we consume has been derived from the natural world, with raw materials transformed into finished products through a myriad of supply chain transactions, Amanda Irwin, lead researcher from the University of Sydney’s Integrated Sustainability Analysis research group, via 'The Independent'
