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Freshwater species and many aquatic habitats are threatened by pollution and climate change, among other factors. Despite global progress in preserving tropical forests and mangroves, no country will completely meet a 2010 target to reduce the loss of biodiversity, according to an assessment report released by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Convention on Biological Diversity was adopted in 1992 after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, and ten years later the 192 countries that are party to the convention committed themselves to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss globally, regionally and nationally. The CBD’s …
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International Target for Reducing Biodiversity Losses Not Met, UN Report Says
Three weeks ago, I wrote about a federal hearing which could have ordered a nationwide halt to the planting and use of genetically modified sugar beets. Currently, about half of the America’s sugar supply comes from genetically modified sugar beets, which have been engineered to be resitant to Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. In a hearing scheduled to take place today in San Francisco, a federal judge could make a ruling which would order a nationwide halt to the planting and use of genetically modified sugar beets while the USDA conducts an environmental impact assessment – a process which could take …
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Wicked Cool World of Organics – Edition 54