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A million species face extinction, UN-backed report warns

A MILLION species face extinction, including bees, hedgehogs and wildcats, a UN-backed report warns today (MON).

Activist group Extinction Rebellion (XR) said the dossier was “both shaming and shocking.”

The 1,800-page scientific study by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services has taken three years to compile.

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