Chapter 1 Chapter Outlines

The State of Our Planet

State of the Human Species 

State of the Global Environment 

  • Land
  • Climate 
  • Oceans 
  • Freshwater 

State of the World’s Biodiversity 

  • Global extinctions 
  • Local extirpations 
  • Population decay 
  • Mass mortality events 
  • Genetic diversity 
  • Biotic homogenization 

Seeds of a Good Anthropocene 

  • Six reasons to be optimistic 
  • The next generation of champions
  • Box 1.1 Success Story: The Indian Rhino
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