Nature is in freefall.
The world faces an unprecedented threat to nature.
Across the world species are in decline with extinctions accelerating.
Globally, populations of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians 
and reptiles have fallen by more than two thirds in less than 50 years.

The text for this work is taken from the Scottish Green Party petition asking public support for the need to declare a nature emergency.

Text Authorship:

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Georgina MacDonell Finlayson (b. 1996), "Nature is in Freefall", first performed 2021 [ soprano and double bass ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-07-03
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