Crowded Out: New Evidence Points to Population Growth as Key Driver of Biodiversity Loss

In 2009, economist Jeffrey Sachs, alongside more than 20 eminent scholars from different fields, highlighted the importance of biodiversity for human well-being in a policy commentary published in Science. They noted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) included a target to achieve, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of species loss, and they also … Continue reading Crowded Out: New Evidence Points to Population Growth as Key Driver of Biodiversity Loss