World leaders are being urged to take action to halt declines in nature as a major report is set to issue a stark warning.
The report is to warn that a million species face extinction and damage to nature threatens humanityA major United Nations report will warn that nature is in more trouble now than at any time in human history, with extinction looming over 1 million species of plants and animals.
More than half a million species on land"have insufficient habitat for long-term survival" and are likely to go extinct, many within decades, unless their habitats are restored, and the oceans are not any better off, the report will add.
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