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No room in the Ark. (effect of economic growth on animal species) (Environment and Development: A Global Commitment)
'THE scale of the human economy has grown so large that there is no longer sufficient room for all species in the Ark." These recent words from a World Bank official are striking warning that the world is becoming so full of human beings and their socio-economic systems that other, often priceless, irreplaceable species and their natural systems are being displaced and destroyed at a rate never before experienced. The human population of the world is now projected to double within thirty-nine years, from five billion to ten billion, but the issue is not just numbers, but how those numbers relate to available resources. The destruction of natural ecosystems and the ...
- Biological diversity.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) May 21, 2008 700+ words
...ecosystems' health and as a vital factor in human well-being. Protecting plant and animal species and ecosystems, also known as "biological diversity", or "biodiversity", is an essential component of our health, safety, and environmental...
- INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES (IAS); THE ULTIMATE THREAT TO BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
- Newspaper article from: Daily Mirror May 22, 2009 700+ words
...International Day for Biological Diversity The Biodiversity...the plant and animal species that are beneficial...Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), to which...spread threaten biological diversity. Sri Lanka is...
- Problem of invasive alien species must be addressed, says Assembly President,...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire May 22, 2001 700+ words
...Conservation of biological diversity is one of the...International Day for Biological Diversity this year addresses...serious threats to biological diversity, yet it might...that non-native animal species may be harmful...
- The EC Zoos Directive: a lost opportunity to implement the convention on...
- Magazine article from: Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy Rees, Paul A. January 1, 2005 700+ words
...Convention on Biological Diversity 19922 requires...components of biological diversity, preferably in...components of biological diversity outside their...conservation of wild animal species are zoos and aquaria...
- China plans survey of plants and animal species.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. May 21, 2004 700+ words
...China will conduct a nation-wide survey of its plants and animal species to establish the first-ever national database, aimed...office- in-charge for implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity. Cai said different departments had information on the...
- Last stand for many species. (effects of deforestation and population growth on...
- Magazine article from: The Futurist September 1, 1992 700+ words
...Deforestation is posing a mounting threat to the earth's biological diversity, according to a recent report by the United Nations Population...probably contain an even higher percentage of the planet's animal species. If habitat destruction continues apace, hot spots...
- California City redevelopment aids Hyundai, angers others.(Economic...
- Newspaper article from: California Planning & Development Report Shigley, Paul May 1, 2004 700+ words
...project does not adequately mitigate impacts to two rare animal species. The city aggressively defends itself against such accusations...protected land elsewhere. In February, the Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlif
- Biological diversity. (the need to protect a variety of animal and plant...
- Magazine article from: UN Chronicle June 22, 1997 700+ words
...Nature Conservancy Biodiversity - the variety of plant and animal species present in the natural environment - is not only fundamental...ownership and patent rights Roughly two thirds of all plant and animal species are found in developing countries, with over 90 per cent...
