Biodiversity, the mass extinction | Géopolitis 

70% of wild vertebrate populations have disappeared in 50 years. This hecatomb is indicative of the pressure humanity is exerting on nature and ecosystems.
Guest: Nadir Alvarez, biologist and director of Naturéum, Lausanne
Presentation: Laurent Huguenin-Élie
Contents:
00:00 Biodiversity, the sixth extinction
02:15 A savannah sacrificed in Brazil
05:50 Nadir Alvarez: "The decline in biodiversity is greater than any trajectory in the past".
09:51 From Rio to Montreal, international mobilization at the bedside of biodiversity
12:57 Nadir Alvarez: "We don't need to put a price on nature to preserve it".
17:08 De-extinction: attempts to revive extinct species
19:32 Nadir Alvarez: "All species that are extinct are extinct forever".
23:35 In the 1980s, the reintroduction of the lynx created tensions in Valais.
Géopolitis website: geopolitis.ch
#géopolitis #biodiversity #climate