'Unchecked exploitation of nature threatens billions'

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 10, 2022 12:03 am

PARIS: Rampant exploitation of nature is a threat to the well-being of billions of people across the world who rely on wild species for food, energy and income, biodiversity experts from the United Nations said on Friday.

From fishing and logging to the use of wild plants in medicines and perfumes, societies across the planet use species that have not been tamed or cultivated, with annual global legal and illegal trade in the hundreds of billions of dollars.

SOUNDING THE ALARM This Sept. 14, 2020 file photo shows the United Nations headquarters in New York City. XINHUA PHOTO

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