- Liittynyt
- 17.4.2002
- Viestejä
- 353
Tässä muutamia otteita Nature news jutusta, jotka ainakin minua huolestuttaa. Tulokset on neljän vuoden mittaisesta Millenium Ecosystem Assessment projektista, johon on osallistunut n. 1300 tiedemiestä/naista. Suomessa asiat on toisen tuoreen (pari kuukautta sitten muistaakseni) selvityksen mukaan luonnon kannalta parhaiten hoidettu - toivottavasti muuallakin panostettaisiin näihin asioihin enemmän. Rahakysymyshän se pitkälle on kolmannessa maailmassa...
"Over the past century, species extinctions have reached about 1,000 times their natural rate, because of human actions."
"Some 3.5 billion people around the world depend on the oceans for food, added Jim Knight, the recently appointed British government minister with responsibility for biodiversity issues. But since the advent of commercial fishing, global fish stocks have plunged by up to 90%. Around 70% of the world's population still rely on nature for traditional medicines, he added."
"It reveals that 12% of bird species, almost a quarter of mammals and around a third of the world's amphibians are facing extinction."
"Over the past century, species extinctions have reached about 1,000 times their natural rate, because of human actions."
"Some 3.5 billion people around the world depend on the oceans for food, added Jim Knight, the recently appointed British government minister with responsibility for biodiversity issues. But since the advent of commercial fishing, global fish stocks have plunged by up to 90%. Around 70% of the world's population still rely on nature for traditional medicines, he added."
"It reveals that 12% of bird species, almost a quarter of mammals and around a third of the world's amphibians are facing extinction."