U.N. Pleads With World To Stop "Destroying Life on Earth"
With all eyes turned toward the upcoming U.S. elections, it seems unlikely that the birds, bees, and trees can compete this week for attention. The U.N. is soldiering on, however, with its increasingly desperate entreaties for action on the loss of animal and plant species that underpin key human support systems like clean air, water, and fisheries. The latest call came today, at the opening of an international meeting aimed at galvanizing nations to action on the issue, reports Reuters. "This meeting is part of the world's efforts to address a very simple fact—we are destroying life on earth," said Achim Steiner, head of the U.N. Environment Program, said at the opening of the meeting in Nagoya, Japan. The U.N. leaders struck an apocalyptic note as a similar target to halt biodiversity loss by 2010 whizzed by with little to no progress. Delegates from almost 200 nations are meeting to set new goals for 2020, with U.N. officials arguing that maintaining the diversity of species on the planet is crucial to human welfare.
Read original story in& Reuters | Monday, Oct. 18, 2010
Some people have a lot of fucking nerve, don't they?
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