Translations:Information Booklet/123/en

… land-based biodiversity and ecosystems?

Ecosystems are the planet's life-support systems, for the human species and all other forms of life. Over the past decades, humans have changed natural ecosystems rapidly and extensively. This transformation of the planet has resulted in benefits for human wellbeing (for example, increased lifespan) and economic development, but not all regions and groups of people have gained from this process, and many have been harmed. The full costs of these gains are only just becoming apparent. Economic, social and technological advances have come at the expense of the Earth’s capacity to sustain current and future human wellbeing.