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    The document discusses the threats that climate change and biodiversity loss pose to the planet. It describes how human activities like burning fossil fuels and industrial agriculture contribute to climate change. To address these issues, scientists have created a "Global Safety Net" - a digital map covering over 50% of the Earth's land that identifies key areas for protection to help preserve biodiversity and slow climate change. The Safety Net builds upon existing protected areas and aims to provide a blueprint for saving life on Earth.

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    The document discusses the threats that climate change and biodiversity loss pose to the planet. It describes how human activities like burning fossil fuels and industrial agriculture contribute to climate change. To address these issues, scientists have created a "Global Safety Net" - a digital map covering over 50% of the Earth's land that identifies key areas for protection to help preserve biodiversity and slow climate change. The Safety Net builds upon existing protected areas and aims to provide a blueprint for saving life on Earth.

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    FINAL OUTPUT IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY

    Climate change is the biggest enemy we have to face in this generation. Not only because

    it threatens our future, but also because we are the ones responsible for it. Our addiction to

    destroying the nature is the main cause for this. Ecosystems are affected by every individual

    organism, and the loss of a single species can send an ecosystem spiraling, and effectively harm

    our environment. Humans have been hurting biodiversity ‒‒ and thus, ourselves ‒‒ for as long as

    recorded history. As a species, we must all come together and work towards healthy biodiversity

    worldwide in order to save the planet. And yes, we are going to talk about one of the most

    devastating effects of climate change: biodiversity loss. However, we will not view it from the

    mourning side of biodiversity loss. Instead, we will talk about a mission to prevent it,

    scientifically. But first, we must understand what we’ve been doing wrong in the first place.

    Our addiction to fossil fuel is one of the biggest contributors to human-induced climate

    change. When we burn fossil fuel, we release harmful airborne chemicals such as nitrogen oxide

    and carbon dioxide that contributes a lot to climate change. Another thing we should pay

    attention to is the way we choose our foods. Methane and carbon released during farming

    processes is another great contributor to climate change. Let alone the need for land to open the

    farmland, which usually means we have to sacrifice some parts of our forests.

    We don’t want everything to go bad. Thus, again, we want to remind all of us that climate

    change is a great threat to biodiversity, along with human greediness to natural resources.

    Climate change itself, along with all of the things it causes, are erasing species living on this

    planet one by one. Nature is in balance the way it is, but even a slightest disruption can change
    everything. Let alone a change in climate, which would render every single habit and cycle

    developed by organisms for one evolutional period useless.

    This is something that all of us need to understand, because the very reason this planet

    can host life at all is because of synergy between species in biodiversity. No species of organism

    in this planet that has no role at all in it. Why should we save our biodiversity? The answer is as

    simple as because we need water, food, and oxygen. No organism is able to live alone in such

    huge planet like earth. All of those things are naturally provided by the nature after a long

    process of symbiosis between one organism with another.

    In addition to that, the reason we need to maintain biodiversity is to keep ourselves away

    from deadly pandemics, just like what we are having nowadays. “We know that when humans

    come in greater contact with tropical forest interiors, for example, we greatly increase the risk of

    disease transmission from animals to humans,” said lead author Eric Dinerstein. Saving our

    biodiversity is as easy as letting the nature as it is. However, even though it seems so easy to do,

    most countries haven succeeded to fulfill the demands. Earlier, United Nations reported that

    international community failed to achieve the 20-biodiversity target set in 2010. What happened?

    The problem is, conservation efforts is often too late or too ineffective due to changes brought by

    climate change. This is the reason why a group of scientists from environmental research

    organization decided to draw a blueprint of “safety net” for preventing biodiversity loss. After

    more than two years of development, the researchers have covered more than 50% of earth’s

    land.

    What the “Safety Net” means? “This is the first digital map of its kind to create a

    ‘blueprint’ for saving life on Earth. It builds upon the current network of protected areas but

    weaves in currently unprotected parcels that conserve the biological wealth of Earth,” Dinerstein
    said. With the safety net, we can also find what is the best to do in specific location. However,

    we also need ourselves in preventing the loss of biodiversity because if we just depend on the

    creation of the scientist in conserving biodiversity and continue to disrupt and destroy our

    ecosystem then it will be useless so I am encouraging everyone to participate in preserving our

    biodiversity I know, what I am proposing is not easy, and it only stretches our already packed

    schedule even further. It will be particularly hard for some and easier for others. But we need to

    move now. There is much we can do to help stop it, even at home. Take an active stance against

    the threats to the planet and spread awareness. Call representatives, talk to your friends about

    sustainable produce. Send informative tweets. Little things just like these can help species

    worldwide, in the comfort of your own home. Spread the word, save the world.

    Bibliography

    (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.globalsafetynet.app/

    E. Dinerstein1, *. V.-D. (2020, september 04). American Association for the Advancement of

    Science. Retrieved from https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/36/eabb2824

    Global Safety Net. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.globalsafetynet.app/

    Kommenda, N. (2020, september 29). Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated

    companies. Retrieved from The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-


    interactive/2020/sep/29/planetary-safety-net-could-halt-wildlife-loss-and-slow-climate-

    breakdown-aoe

    Staff, I. E. (2020, September 20). Inside Edition Inc. Retrieved from CBS interactive :

    https://www.insideedition.com/how-the-global-safety-net-could-save-the-planet-from-

    climate-change-61942

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