Extinction is a process when a species is extinguished and so permanently lost. While extinction of species is a natural process, it is estimated that its current rate is 1000 times higher than natural rate,(1,2) mainly due to effects of global warming, deforestation and climate change. The current rates of extinction are accelerating at a rate unprecedented in the human history.(3,4) This human-induced mass extinction of species, with its implications for biodiversity loss, irreversible damage to entire ecosystems and the related risks for the worldwide population, sparked the global campaign and do-it-together movement Extinction Rebellion (XR) as well as worldwide declarations of climate emergency.
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