Land-use change has resulted in widespread declines in biodiversity, with around 25% of animal and plant species now threatened with extinction and 74% of the world's terrestrial surface degraded. Global land use is currently unsustainable and has contributed to species extinction and degradation of most of the Earth's land. Urgent action is needed to reverse these trends and move toward more sustainable land use worldwide to protect biodiversity and Earth's ecosystems.

1. Land-use change has resulted in widespread declines
in biodiversity, with around 25% of animal and plant
species now threatened with extinction and the
degradation of 74% of the world’s terrestrial surface.
Global land use is currently unsustainable…