Biodiversity loss impacts human health

“Major biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse (terrestrial or marine) with irreversible consequences for the environment, resulting in severely depleted resources for humankind as well as industries,” a statement released by the World Economic Forum stated as it identified biodiversity loss as one of the leading five global risks in terms of likelihood and impact in its 2020 Global Risks Report. The report revealed the top five global risks in terms of likelihood are all environment-related.

Biodiversity is the essential variety of life forms on Earth, the diversity within species, between species and within ecosystems.