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    Earth Day 2019 aims to raise awareness of the mass extinction of species currently occurring globally. Habitat destruction, overexploitation, and climate change are driving the loss of half the world's wild animals, with extinction rates estimated to be 1,000 to 10,000 times higher than the natural background rate. Many species are declining severely, including 75% of insect populations, 60% of primates, 75% of toothed whales, and 65% of baleen whales. Without action, 40% of lizard species may be extinct by 2080. However, the rate of extinction can still be slowed if immediate action is taken to protect habitats and species.

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    Earth Day 2019-Protect Our Species

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    Earth Day 2019 aims to raise awareness of the mass extinction of species currently occurring globally. Habitat destruction, overexploitation, and climate change are driving the loss of half the world's wild animals, with extinction rates estimated to be 1,000 to 10,000 times higher than the natural background rate. Many species are declining severely, including 75% of insect populations, 60% of primates, 75% of toothed whales, and 65% of baleen whales. Without action, 40% of lizard species may be extinct by 2080. However, the rate of extinction can still be slowed if immediate action is taken to protect habitats and species.

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    Earth Day 2019 aims to raise awareness of the mass extinction of species currently occurring globally. Habitat destruction, overexploitation, and climate change are driving the loss of half the world's wild animals, with extinction rates estimated to be 1,000 to 10,000 times higher than the natural background rate. Many species are declining severely, including 75% of insect populations, 60% of primates, 75% of toothed whales, and 65% of baleen whales. Without action, 40% of lizard species may be extinct by 2080. However, the rate of extinction can still be slowed if immediate action is taken to protect habitats and species.

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    Earth Day 2019-Protect Our Species

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    Earth Day 2019 aims to raise awareness of the mass extinction of species currently occurring globally. Habitat destruction, overexploitation, and climate change are driving the loss of half the world's wild animals, with extinction rates estimated to be 1,000 to 10,000 times higher than the natural background rate. Many species are declining severely, including 75% of insect populations, 60% of primates, 75% of toothed whales, and 65% of baleen whales. Without action, 40% of lizard species may be extinct by 2080. However, the rate of extinction can still be slowed if immediate action is taken to protect habitats and species.

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    Earth Day

    - is celebrated every year on April 22, and its purpose is to diversify,


    educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide. Growing
    out of the first Earth Day, Earth Day Network is the world’s largest
    recruiter to the environmental movement, active in nearly 192 countries
    to build environmental democracy. More than 1 billion people now
    participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic
    observance in the world. 

    Earth Day 2019- Protect our species


    The world is facing a mass extinction of species.  All species of mammals, birds,
    reptiles, amphibians, insects, fish, crustaceans, corals, and plants have declined, in
    many cases, severely. Human civilization has had a negative impact on most living
    things.
    We are in the middle of the largest period of species extinction in the last 60
    million years. Normally, between one and five species will go extinct annually.
    However, scientists estimate that we are now losing species at 1,000 to 10,000
    times the normal rate, with multiple extinctions daily. Multiple species will
    disappear before we learn about them or the benefits they bring to our planet. 

    A new study has suggested that insect populations have decreased by more than
    75% in Germany over the last 28 years. This is very alarming: 80% of wild plants
    rely on bees and other insects for pollination, and 60% of bird species rely on
    insects for food.

    Habitat destruction, exploitation, and climate change are driving the loss of half of
    the world’s wild animal population.
    Primates, our closest animal relatives, are under extraordinary threat. Close to
    60% of the world’s 504 primate species are threatened with extinction, and 75%
    of our primate species are in severe population decline.

    In the past 20 years, around 75% of all toothed whale species, such as dolphins,
    and 65% of baleen whale species (humpback, blue), and 65% of other species
    such as sea lions have been affected in fishing operations globally.

    40% of the world’s bird species are in decline, and 1 in 8 is threatened with global
    extinction. 

    Our big cats, including tigers, leopards, and cheetahs are in critical decline, and
    many will become extinct in the next decade. The world’s cats are exploited for
    their body parts and skins. China remains the world’s largest market for these
    critically endangered species along with the black rhino and other species.

    Lizard populations are especially vulnerable to climate change. A recent study


    projects that if the current decline in lizard populations continues, 40% of all
    lizard species will be extinct by 2080. 

    The American Bison once numbered in the millions and roamed from Alaska to
    Mexico. They now occupy less than one percent of their original habitat. Their
    existing habitat is so small and tightly controlled that surviving bison have been
    compared to herded cattle.
    The good news is that the rate of extinctions can still be slowed, and many of our
    declining, threatened and endangered species can still recover if we work together
    now to build a united global movement of consumers, voters, educators, political
    leaders, and scientists to demand immediate action.

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