Powering Nature: Creating the Conditions to Enable Nature-based Solutions | WWF

Nature and human well-being are inextricably linked. The world’s natural ecosystems are a source of food, water and clean air, as well as contributing to recreational, spiritual and religious well-being. But human actions in recent decades and our failure to appropriately value nature has triggered unprecedented environmental degradation. For example, human activities directly affect more than 70 per cent of the Earth’s ice-free land surface and have caused global oceans to warm, acidify at the surface and lose oxygen. In turn, human-caused environmental damage diminishes the capability of nature to provide vital services today and in the future.