Executive Managing Director, CGIAR, Montpellier, France.
Science. 2024 Oct 11;386(6718):eads8197. doi: 10.1126/science.ads8197. Epub 2024 Oct 10.
Imagine a world where the variety of food sources we rely on is reduced to a mere handful of species. This is not a dystopian future. It's the path we are on right now, and it's happening silently in fields, farms, and forests across the globe. Biodiversity-the lifeblood of our ecosystems and food systems-is under siege. Driven by climate change, habitat destruction, and the relentless march of agricultural expansion, we are witnessing an unprecedented erosion of genetic diversity. This loss is more than just a scientific or environmental concern; it's a direct threat to global food security, and by extension, human survival.
想象一下，我们所依赖的食物来源种类减少到仅仅少数几种的世界。这不是反乌托邦的未来。这是我们现在正在走的路，而且它正在全球各地的田野、农场和森林中悄然发生。生物多样性——我们的生态系统和食物系统的命脉——正受到攻击。受气候变化、生境破坏和农业扩张的无情推进的驱动，我们正在目睹遗传多样性前所未有的侵蚀。这种损失不仅仅是一个科学或环境问题；它直接威胁到全球粮食安全，进而威胁到人类的生存。
