Aggressive Solutions to Disrupt Biodiversity Loss

Abstract

Biodiversity is disappearing rapidly. This portends grave results not just for nonhuman species (and the populations and individuals that con- stitute them), but also for the functioning ecosystems they comprise, and the human communities that depend on diverse species and thriving eco- systems—that is to say, all of us. Clearly, our laws to conserve are not keeping pace with our drive to destroy. Our existing biodiversity conservation laws will prove ever-more inadequate as the ever-increasing human population and their ever-increasing needs and wants grow. We do have to rethink, drastically, our current approaches to living alongside biodiversity if we are to have ample biodiversity along which to live, and if human civilization is to be sustained in some recognizable form. This chapter discusses aggressive solutions to staunch biodiversity loss.

Keywords: Environmental Law, Biodiversity