Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 15:Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt
and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
Facts:
Biodiversity
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Of the 8,300 animal breeds known, 8 per cent are extinct and 22 per cent are at risk of
extinction
Of the over 80,000 tree species, less than 1 per cent have been studied for potential use
Fish provide 20 per cent of animal protein to about 3 billion people. Only ten species provide
about 30 per cent of marine capture fisheries and ten species provide about 50 per cent of
aquaculture production
Over 80 per cent of the human diet is provided by plants. Only three cereal crops – rice,
maize and wheat – provide 60 per cent of energy intake
As many as 80 per cent of people living in rural areas in developing countries rely on
traditional plant-- based medicines for basic healthcare
Micro-organisms and invertebrates are key to ecosystem services, but their contributions
are still poorly known and rarely acknowledged
Ref:
www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/biodiversity/
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