4-The World Progress On (life on land).
Clarify the World Progress on the chosen SDG: Using 2021 progress report, show what the world has reached till today.
SDGs are sustainable Development Goals that were set by United Nations in 2015 and are meant to be achieved by 2030. There are 17 SDGs, the 15th of which is about life on land. It addresses some issues that affect our life on land such as deforestation, desertification, biodiversity, and land degradation. We will address two main issues; they are deforestation and biodiversity. Forests cover 4.1 billion hectares of land, and they are very significant to our lives on earth because they mitigate climate change and are a direct source of food and energy for 1.6 billion people. According to UN report, the rate of deforestation has declined from 2010-2015 rates, but we still lose huge swaths of forests every year as the total loss in the last 20 years is more than 100 million hectares. The report states that forests are subject to continuous misuse through cutting trees to use its wood. Deforestation is very harmful to mainland because it leads to a decline in biological diversity. This decline in biological diversity has profound consequences on human survival and well-being.
In regard of biodiversity, the world didn't meet its target in regard of keeping biodiversity. This is mainly due to human activities in oceans and land. The UN report states that they are now more animals subject to extinction more than 30 years ago; this rise in extinction rates is estimated at 10%. Also, 41% of amphibians and 34% of conifers are threatened with extinction. The main reason of the loss of biodiversity on earth are agriculture and urban development. Other practices such as extensive hunting, fishing, and logging contribute essentially to loss of biodiversity on our planet. On the other hand, conservation has helped us to save many species that were subject to extinction. The conservation environment that exists in many countries have rescued more than 32 bird species and 16 mama species(
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