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26.10.2023 | “A million species are at risk of extinction. What's next?" − prof. dr hab. Piotr Skubała
26 October 2023, 16:30
Abstract:
How much of Earth's biodiversity has we not yet discovered? How many species will remain undiscovered by us? The web of life, from which species are falling out, is becoming more and more frayed. Scientists talk about the biological annihilation of life taking place now. Wild vertebrates constitute only 3% of vertebrate biomass, three years ago the anthropogenic mass exceeded the biomass of all organisms on Earth, the mass of plastic is twice the mass of all animals, we have reduced the biomass on Earth by 50%. Safety thresholds were exceeded for six of the nine planetary boundaries. Do we realize what the irreversible and progressive loss of biodiversity really means? How much of the planet should we protect? Will there be a fundamental change in man's relationship to the Earth? Are we ready for change? How to help millions of species and ourselves?
Prof. Piotr Skubała, Ph.D.
– professor of biological sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, ecologist, acarologist. Environmental ethicist, ecological educator, nature conservationist, climate activist. "Ethic expert" at the European Commission in Brussels (HORIZON 2020 program, HORIZON-MSCA-2022), member of the Expert Team for ethical issues at the National Science Center, member of the Team Europe Direct expert network (European Commission), member of the Climate Council at the United Nations Global Compact Network Poland. Co-organizer of the Ecological Culture Festival "Zielono Mi" (2007-2014), organizer and co-host of meetings of the Club of Ecological Thought (since 2012). Author of numerous lectures, workshops and courses at his home university, other universities in Poland and abroad, for various institutions. When introducing himself, he emphasizes that he is an Earthling, a representative of placental mammals, one of the millions of species inhabiting the wonderful Earth, and is proud of the title of the greatest humanist among natural scientists, awarded by the Interdisciplinary Center for Research in Humanities Education of the University of Silesia.
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