Friday, December 31, 2010

Why biodiversity loss and climate change are equal threats


Our biggest ally will be lost if we do not protect and enhance biodiversity in forests and other systems

Since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, the media and many organisations have pursued as separate narratives the issues of climate, biodiversity and sustainable development. One of the changes this year, at a UN level, has been recognition that this does not make sense.

Without protecting and enhancing biodiversity in forests and other systems we are losing our biggest ally.

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