By Jack Elsom For Mailonline
Published: 12:20 BST, 4 May 2019 | Updated: 13:47 BST, 4 May 2019
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Mankind is on the verge of wiping out up to one million natural species which will put the Earth's vital life-support systems at breaking point, UN scientists will reportedly warn.
They say that food and water resources will run dry for future generations and put humanity in jeopardy unless immediate steps are taken to reverse climate destruction.
Stark warnings about the ecological crisis are to be made in a 1,800-page UN report which reveals that the annihilation of natural landscapes, forests and wetlands is leading to an 'unsustainable' loss of plants of animals which risk extinction.
Stark warnings about the ecological crisis are to be made in a 1,800-page UN report which reveals that the annihilation of natural landscapes, forests (Amazon pictured) and wetlands is leading to an 'unsustainable' loss of plants of animals which risk extinction
Mankind is on the verge of wiping out up to one million natural species which will put the Earth's vital life-support systems at breaking point, UN