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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

UN Global Biodiversity Report Conveys Fears on Damage to Natural Environment

Read the press release.

Natural systems that support economies, lives and livelihoods across the planet are at risk of rapid degradation and collapse, unless there is swift, radical and creative action to conserve and sustainably use the variety of life on Earth.

That is a principal conclusion of a major new assessment of the current state of biodiversity and the implications of its continued loss for human well-being.