{"id":241185,"date":"2026-07-19T08:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/updates-on-nature-land-and-biodiversity"},"modified":"2026-07-19T08:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:09:07","slug":"updates-on-nature-land-and-biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/updates-on-nature-land-and-biodiversity","title":{"rendered":"Updates on nature, land and biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/updates-on-nature-land-and-biodiversity.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nature is humanity\u2019s lifeline. Human health, food, economies and well-being depend on nature. Yet nature is in crisis. <a href=\"https:\/\/ipbes.net\/news\/Media-Release-Global-Assessment\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/ipbes.net\/news\/Media-Release-Global-Assessment\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One million<\/a> of the world\u2019s estimated 8 million species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction. Meanwhile, ecosystem degradation is affecting the well-being of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/resources\/ecosystem-restoration-people-nature-climate\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/resources\/ecosystem-restoration-people-nature-climate\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">40 per cent<\/a> of the global population.<\/p>\n<p>The spotlight on nature and biodiversity highlights updates from around the UN System, from partners and others, helping to call attention to the need for a just, prosperous and sustainable future for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nature is humanity\u2019s lifeline. Human health, food, economies and well-being depend on nature. Yet nature is in crisis. One million of the world\u2019s estimated 8 million species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction. Meanwhile, ecosystem degradation is affecting the well-being of 40 per cent of the global population. The spotlight on nature and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":630,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,12,1506,1495,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-existential-risks","category-food","category-health","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/630"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}