Biodiversity Loss Will Kill Us
April 23rd, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Biodiversity, ecology, Environment, Global Governance, Globalization, Health, Health Care, Sustainability
“A new generation of medical treatments could be lost forever unless the current rate of biodiversity loss is reversed, conservationists have warned. They say species are being lost before researchers have had the chance to examine and understand their potential health benefits. The findings appear in Sustaining Life, a book involving more than 100 experts. It is being published ahead of a global summit in May that will look at ways to stem biodiversity loss by 2010.”
And it is not just animals but also plants that are at risk of extinction due to our ecological management practices or lack thereof.
The main international document in place is the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD; the English version of the Convention is here).
The head of the UN Environmental Program (UNEP, press release on loss of biodiversity here), Achim Steiner, stated that the goals and objectives of the international community should center around the thre areas of the Convention:
- Conservation,
- Sustainable use, and
- Access and benefit sharing of genetic resources
The International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD) is May 22nd.
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