---
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
author: Paul Garrett Hugel
timestamp: 2011-07-30T21:34:12Z
---

![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jMHkGGjeaiE/TjPcTWum4uI/AAAAAAAAADQ/cZmxJhKDBp8/s640/paul-scuba.jpg)

“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

Read full story on [Huffington Post](http://huff.to/n9w9ja)

## Topics

**Categories:** [Environment](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/category/environment.md)

**Tags:** [Animal Sanctuary](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/animal-sanctuary.md), [biodiversity](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/biodiversity.md), [Co2](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/co2.md), [Co2 Emissions](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/co2-emissions.md), [crowd sourcing](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/crowd-sourcing.md), [Ecological Services](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/ecological-services.md), [Ecosystem Services](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/ecosystem-services.md), [Ecosystems](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/ecosystems.md), [endangered species](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/endangered-species.md), [environment](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/environment.md), [Extinction](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/extinction.md), [Green News](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/green-news.md), [habitat](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/habitat.md), [Habitat Loss](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/habitat-loss.md), [Marine Ecology Progress Series](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/marine-ecology-progress-series.md), [Marine Protected Areas](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/marine-protected-areas.md), [Nature](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/nature.md), [population](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/population.md), [Protected Areas](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/protected-areas.md), [University Of Hawaii-Manoa](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/university-of-hawaii-manoa.md)