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Outer space and biodiversity: The critical link to ensure future sustainability
Over half of the world’s biodiversity has disappeared since 1970, with an estimated one million animal and plant species now threatened with extinction.
Global | Publication | setembro 2023
The global space economy is now valued at around US$469bn, having increased by more than 70 percent since 2010. This reflects the continued expansion of outer space activities and investment in space programs by an ever-increasing number of nations, marked most recently by India’s history-making Chandrayaan-3 mission, which saw India become the first country to land a module near the lunar south pole. In response, individual nations have begun to develop their own distinct local outer space regulatory regimes, creating the risk of inconsistent and conflicting standards in what is ultimately an inherently “global commons” in outer space exploration.
In our Global Outer Space Guide, we seek to identify the key trends in outer space investment and activities in key jurisdictions across the globe. We examine the major near-term challenges and opportunities in commercial space investment and the legal and regulatory response by different nations.
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Over half of the world’s biodiversity has disappeared since 1970, with an estimated one million animal and plant species now threatened with extinction.
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In its early stages, outer space exploration was characterised by a multilateral approach, based on international cooperation and the idea of outer space as a ‘global commons’ to be considered for the benefit of humankind collectively.
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Activities in outer space have increased significantly over the last few years. Governments across the globe have launched new space strategies and policies which identify investment in new space law projects, in both the public and private sector, as an important component of future economic growth.
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