International biodiversity news: UN and EU take steps to preserve ecosystems
2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, under the auspices of the UN and the Convention on Biological Diversity. This week in Busan, South Korea, governments will meet to discuss the establishment of the Intergovernmental Panel of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, modeled after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Environmental groups and the governments of France and Japan champion the creation of such an organization. The need for recognition and knowledge about how humanity benefits from and depends on ecosystems is crucial to future development, sustainability and the integrity of the natural world. Simply put, we cannot exist by…
