Scientists tell us that the Earth is going through its sixth mass extinction; the last taking place approximately 65 million years ago, which saw the total extinction of all dinosaur species. Mainly as a result of deforestation, we are currently losing something in the order of 30,000 species every year – nearly 100 every day. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned that these rates are likely to increase drastically once global temperatures start to rise through climate change.
Given the stark position in which humankind now finds itself, any legislation that aims to protect biodiversity is likely to be enthusiastically endorsed. In Europe, one of the most important pieces of new legislation that has biodiversity protection as a specific aim is the Environmental Liability Directive (ELD).
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