On the one hand, glaciers are melting, causing the seas to enter our lives. On the other, deserts are expanding All this is the result of destruction of biodiversity. The retaliation of the environment that is being decimated. This is the frightening time of realization. Warning signs that our existence is under severe threat. It is time we woke up, for our own sake, and for the coming generations'. Let the World Biodiversity Day bring that insight.