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Nations meet in Montreal to dicuss biodiversity
Despite uncertainty from numerous countries about the success of this meeting, due to differing opinions between rich and developing countries, some progress was made.
Governments fail to prevent biodiversity decline
“The diversity of living things on the planet continues to be eroded as a result of human activity.”
Russian Olympic planning criticised for strain on environment
Already, environmental NGO’s such as the WWF and Greenpeace Russia have withdrawn support from Olympic planning and construction.
Thin forests make for a thinner wallet
The UNEP commisions agency to calculate the cost of environmental degradation in order to make the price of nature visible.
Global economy will follow biodiversity’s decline
We are in the midst of the worst extinction crisis since the age of the dinosaurs.
2010 Year of Biodiversity: Time is ticking as more species disappear
The UN will launch the beginning of its International Year of Biodiversity in Berlin later today with stark warnings of mass global extinction for all species on par with an asteroid collision.
