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The species, which is little understood but is a serious threat to biodiversity, will make for a key topic of discussion at the IPBES meet. 
The Global Ecosystem Assessment by Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services shows the current rate and scale of extinction, caused majorly by humans, has never been seen. 
The findings of the first-ever Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services are important in the light of the ongoing Supreme Court case against Forest Rights Act. 
Humanity will miss Sustainable Development Goals, warns IPBES report. 
If we are to halt the continued loss of nature, then the world’s legal, institutional and economic systems must be reformed entirely. .png)
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