as protected, a land area roughly the combined Ecosystem damage has increased, yet conser- vation actions remain sluggish. In 2024, 6.7 Biodiversity loss accelerated. In 2024, over 46,000 of the more than 160,000 species on the were lost, nearly twice as much as in 2023, at minute (WRI, 2025). For the first time, fire sur- ior, including changes in land and ocean use, ing cause of tropical primary rainforest loss, overexploitation of natural resources, climate 1-16). Currently, only one-fifth of the areas species (Verissimo et al., 2024). Due to ocean warming and acidification, 44% of coral species are fully protected (IUCN, 2024). While about are currently threatened with extinction (UN,