---
title: "Comment:Biodiversity On Earth Plummets, Despite Growth in Protected Habitats"
date: 2011-07-30T21:34:12Z
modified: 2011-07-30T21:34:12Z
permalink: "https://nko.org/commentbiodiversity-earth-plummets-growth-protected-habitats/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 1305
categories:
  - Environment
tags:
  - Environment
  - Animal Sanctuary
  - biodiversity
  - Co2
  - Co2 Emissions
  - crowd sourcing
  - Ecological Services
  - Ecosystem Services
  - Ecosystems
  - endangered species
  - environment
  - Extinction
  - Green News
  - habitat
  - Habitat Loss
  - Marine Ecology Progress Series
  - Marine Protected Areas
  - Nature
  - population
  - Protected Areas
  - University Of Hawaii-Manoa
timestamp: 2011-07-30T21:34:12Z
---

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“As the human population climbs to 7 billion can we humans take a personal stake and become the solution to protecting these habitats? We have see how social media and fired up comunities can alter the political landscape. Crowd-sour­cing the protection of our environmen­t is the new 911.”, Paul Hugel

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