Publications by authors named "Kevin K He"
Identifying and assessing the magnitude of direct threats to ecosystems and species are critical steps to prioritizing, planning, implementing, and assessing conservation actions. Just as medical clinicians and researchers need a standard way to talk about human diseases, conservation practitioners and scientists need a common and comprehensive language to talk about the threats they are facing to facilitate joint action, evaluation, and learning. To meet this need, in 2008 the IUCN Species Survival Commission and the Conservation Measures Partnership produced the first version of a common threats classification with the understanding that it would be periodically updated to take into account new information and learning.
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- - Plastic pollution is a serious and increasing issue, requiring effective interventions to mitigate its impact on the environment.
- - A study modeling plastic waste and microplastics predicts that implementing all viable interventions could cut plastic pollution by 40% by 2040, but even with action, 710 million metric tons of plastic waste will still enter ecosystems.
- - Immediate global coordination is essential to lower plastic use, enhance recycling and waste management efforts, and innovate within the plastic production cycle to prevent environmental damage.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is in the final stages of negotiating an agreement to prohibit harmful fisheries subsidies, thereby achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14.6. An effective agreement should be viewed as an opportunity for nations to proactively transition towards sustainable and equitable fisheries and pave the path for other SDGs.
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