Disrupted patterns in wildflowers and pollen.

The world has lost over 130 million hectares of rainforests since 1990 and we lose dozens of species every day, pushing the Earth’s ecological system to its limit. Biodiversity and the ecosystem services it supports are not only the foundation for our life on Earth, but critical to the livelihoods and well-being of people everywhere.
— Achim Steiner, Administrator of UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)

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