Nature is life. Nature is interconnected, intertwined, and indivisible with human life, our societies, and economies. Yet, the world over, land, seas, air, freshwater and wildlife are being destroyed at an alarming rate.

According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on average, wildlife populations have declined almost 70% since 1970. Wild mammals have declined as a share of the global mammal biomass to just 4% as at 2015.[1]

Around 60% of global GDP is at least moderately dependent on natural resources, yet resource extraction and processing cause over 90% of global biodiversity loss.[2] The world is currently witnessing the dual crisis of catastrophic nature loss and climate change—a massive transgression on two key planetary boundaries

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