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UN nature meeting agrees on land, ocean protection
By djkimmel on Oct 30, 2010 | In Conservation, Closures, Land Management, Endangered Species, Species related
From Aol News
By MALCOLM FOSTER, AP
TOKYO -Representatives to a U.N. conference on biodiversity agreed early Saturday to expand protected areas on land and at sea in the hopes of slowing the rate of extinction of the world's animals and plants and preventing further damage to its ecosystems.
After marathon negotiations that stretched hours past the designated time, delegates also managed to overcome divisions between rich and poor countries to agree to share access to and the benefits of genetic resources such as plants whose extracts have been developed into medicines — a key sticking point that had threatened to doom the entire two-week meeting in Nagoya, southwest of Tokyo. Read entire article on Aol News (Note, the United States is one of only 3 countries in the world not a member of this agreement.)
UN: Dirty Water Kills More People Than Wars
By djkimmel on Mar 23, 2010 | In Environment, Cleanup
From Aol News
Michelle Ruiz
Contributor
(March 22) -- Polluted water is killing more people each year than all forms of violence, including war, according to a United Nations report released today, World Water Day.
The report, titled "Sick Water," said that 3.7 percent of all deaths are linked to diseases that stem from 2 billion tons of contaminated water discharged daily across the world, including fertilizer runoff, sewage and industrial waste. Read complete article on Aol News
