The FAO has raised the alarm over the state of biodiversity, which is necessary for global food security, in the first report it has published on the subject. 

While it is repeatedly a casualty of agriculture and our nutrition, biodiversity is needed for both of these. In a report published on 22 February concerning information provided by 91 countries, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) focused on plants (both crops and those collected) and animals (whether bred, hunted and fished), revealing that they face many threats.