Biodiversity Emergency

That the Parliament notes with concern the recent report from the UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, which examined the effects of humans on global biodiversity; understands that it is the most comprehensive report of its kind and has stated that the current rate of nature and biodiversity decline is unprecedented and that species extinction rates are accelerating; agrees with the report that the current global response is insufficient and that transformative changes are needed to restore and protect nature; notes with alarm that it estimates that around one million species are threatened with extinction, and calls on the Scottish and UK governments to declare a biodiversity crisis and take drastic action to help limit the damages to nature and biodiversity that are caused by humans across the globe.