Whereas the planet is facing an unprecedented biodiversity crisis, largely driven by human activity; Whereas recent scientific studies have confirmed human-driven activities are significantly damaging the ecosystems of the planet by— (1) altering 75 percent of the area of terrestrial environments and 66 percent of marine environments; (2) directly exploiting wildlife and plant species; (3) accelerating climate change, directly harming nature and exacerbating other threats; (4) polluting air, land, and water; and (5) introducing invasive species; Whereas recent scientific studies have shown that human-driven threats have harmed biodiversity by— (1) threatening approximately 1,000,000 species with imminent or near extinction, including— (A) more than 40 percent of amphibians; (B) 33 percent of corals, sharks, shark relatives, and marine mammals; (C) more than 60 percent of cycads and more than 30 percent of conifer trees; and (D) approximately 10 percent of the more than 5,000,000 insect species on the planet; and (2) causing population sizes of wild species to decline by— (A) an average of 68 percent for species of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles; (B) approximately 3,000,000,000 birds in North America since 1970; (C) approximately 50 percent for species of live corals; and (D) an average of more than 20 percent overall; Whereas human activity is accelerating the decline of important economic and cultural services, including— (1) land productivity, with a reduction in the productivity of approximately 1/4 of the land surface; (2) land and freshwater resources, with more than 1/3 of the land surface and 75 percent of freshwater resources devoted to crop or livestock production; (3) global crops, with approximately $500,000,000,000 of global crops at risk due to pollinator loss; (4) marine fisheries, with 1/3 of marine fisheries overfished, 60 percent fished at capacity, and only 7 percent fished below capacity