ABSTRACT
The realisation that the human species is deeply embedded in the natural world and the survival of all species, including our own, is wholly dependent on a healthy planet is becoming increasingly recognised in the first few decades of the twenty-first century. Finding collaborative solutions to transform our world and 'to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity' must surely be shifted to the top of all government and corporate agendas as global threats continue unabated. A specific example that confirms 'the degradation of nature's life support systems,' highlighted previously, is cited in The Living Planet Index and should 'make us stop and think’:In less than two human generations, population sizes of vertebrate species have dropped by half. These are the living forms that constitute the fabric of the ecosystems which sustain life on earth and the barometer of what we are doing to our planet, our only home.
