We heard the same story almost 40 years ago:
The US official "Global 2000" report from 1980 claimed we'd see up to 2 million species die from 1980-2000
cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs…
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Panic on some issues means neglecting others, often more important issues
Here the UN survey of global priorities: education & health before forests
data.myworld2015.org
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(this is certainly an underestimate, but not anywhere close to even 1% of the Global 2000 claim)
iucnredlist.org/search
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