Global North industrial-scale farming of animals is driving most harms to biodiversity.
Only 10% of individual non-human mammals & birds are of surviving, diverse, free-living species; the other 90% are almost all of the relatively few artificially-bred animal species in industrial-scale farming.
Soil life - about c. 25% of global biodiversity - is critical for resilient, diverse ecosystem biodiversity.
Thus, the Zero Draft does not take a sufficiently systems-based approach.
Biodiversity rises consistently on well-managed Stock-Free (no farmed animal) holdings, including soil biodiversity.
We urgently need such plant-based, 'livestock-free' biosphere management & food systems in the Global North.
Thank you for this opportunity to share this vital work,
Dr AC Baker, on behalf of Claire Ogley, Head of Campaigns, Policy & Research, The Vegan Society (UK)
Dr. A C Baker