UN REPORT - Unprecedented Threat

The problem is caused by 7,703,698,342 (and counting) humans on Earth, and the competition created to other species for living space, food and other environmental needs.  We humans do impact the Earth in even more ways with our technology.

"Humans pushing 1 million species to brink of extinction, says UN report" PBS NewsHour 5/6/2019

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  A new UN report reveals the extent to which mankind is changing life on Earth.  Written by an international panel of experts, it concludes that nearly a quarter of animal and plant groups are at risk of extinction, some within decades.  William Brangham talks to one of the report’s authors, the National University of Mexico's Patricia Balvanera, about what’s driving the changes and how to stop them.