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 Earth’s ecosystems 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 these studies have shown that human-driven threats have harmed biodiversity by— (1) threatening approximately one million species with extinction now and in the coming decades, including— (A) over 40 percent of amphibians; (B) 33 percent of corals, sharks, shark relatives, and marine mammals; (C) over 60 percent of cycads and over 30 percent of conifer trees; and (D) about 10 percent of over 5 million insect species; and (2) causing population sizes of wild species to decline by— (A) an average of 68 percent for mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles; (B) nearly 3 billion birds in North America since 1970; (C) about 50 percent for live corals; and (D) an average of over 20 percent overall; Whereas human activity is accelerating the decline of important economic and cultural services, with— (1) the productivity of nearly one-fourth of the land surface reduced; (2) over one-third of land surface and 75 percent of freshwater resources devoted to crop or livestock production; (3) about half a trillion dollars of global crops at risk from pollinator loss; (4) one-third of marine fisheries overfished, 60 percent fished at capacity, and just 7 percent fished below capacity; and (5) 25 percent of greenhouse gas emissions caused by land clearing, crops, and fertilization