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UN chief warns over one million species face extinction risk

The United Nations Secretary-General called on Friday for urgent action from governments and businesses to safeguard biodiversity.

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  1. 0:01The United Nations Secretary-General has issued
  2. 0:04an urgent warning regarding global biodiversity
  3. 0:08More than one million species now
  4. 0:10face extinction bringing the planet closer
  5. 0:12to an uninhabitable state
  6. 0:15The UN head called on Friday
  7. 0:16for governments businesses and communities to
  8. 0:19speed up protection efforts
  9. 0:22Despite the severe risks the Secretary-General
  10. 0:25emphasised that the crisis is
  11. 0:26not inevitable
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