Hey, as long as they only "fear" it and it's only "likely" to happen, I'm not that worried. We'll "act urgently" at the last second, just like they do in all my favorite movies. No biggie.
200 species a day, 50% of all species extinct by 2100--eh, whatever, new species will evolve and take their place. Fresh water, food, ecosystems--eh, we can biogeonano-engineer all that shit.
It's all good.
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0510/fears-irreversibl...
The UN warned on Monday that "massive" loss in life-sustaining natural environments was likely to deepen to the point of being irreversible after global targets to cut the decline by this year were missed.
As a result of the degradation, the world is moving closer to several "tipping points" beyond which some ecosystems that play a part in natural processes such as climate or the food chain may be permanently damaged, a United Nations report said.
The third "Global Biodiversity Outlook" found that deforestation, pollution or overexploitation were damaging the productive capacity of the most vulnerable environments, including the Amazon rainforest, lakes and coral reefs.
"This report is saying that we are reaching the tipping point where the irreversible damage to the planet is going to be done unless we act urgently," Ahmed Djoghlaf, executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, told journalists.