Also Anthropocene, and Common but Differentiated Responsibility --- "The Anthropocene Epoch is an unofficial unit of geologic time, used to describe the most recent period in Earth’s history when human activity started to have a significant impact on the planet’s climate and ecosystems." [https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/anthropocene/]

Yes, some species will survive, adapt and maybe even thrive in absence of humans, but we would be singularly responsible for mass extinction of a number of species on our watch. We can be anthropocentric for our own preservation but is also our responsibility to preserve the world around us.

Here's an eye-opening report on the scale of destruction we're inflicting: " The 2020 global Living Planet Index shows an average 68% fall in populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish between 1970 and 2016." [https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4783129/LPR/PDFs/ENGLISH-FULL.pdf]

Source author: Vid Nukala Vid.Nukala@gmail.com