Over One Million Plants and Animals Could Soon Be Extinct The number is approximately 1/8 of the total number of Earth's living species. The dire news over nature's future comes
from a new report released by the United Nations. It was written up by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. IPBES, via study This includes overfishing, cutting down forests to build cities and increased pollution. IPBES, via study The IPBES does add that it isn't too late to keep this
number of estimated extinctions from shrinking. IPBES Chair, Sir Robert Watson, via statement