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"The community of about 90 people, which I visited in October with my Times colleagues Catrin Einhorn and Erin Schaff, is near Yasuní National Park, one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. It’s also only a short walk away from a cluster of oil company wells."
Last week's stats are consistent with those of the prior week and the 2023 average so far.
It is a problem that the number of biodiversity articles has significantly decreased after COP15 in Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. But they have now started randomly popping up again.
We will ferret them out and re-post them!
BiodiversityThread “Responses”
There are articles out there on the continuing loss of co-resident species on Earth, due to the encroachment of human activity.
This thread encourages CT'ers on all sides to re-post here, as responses, Biodiversity posts of interest they see elsewhere.
Note:
1. The goal of this thread is not to woodshed an opposing view into submission. Every position is entitled to post as it sees fit, regardless of the kind of, and amount of, postings by other positions. What is wanted is serious consideration of all posts........then you decide.
2. I personally, as the thread originator, am trying to post a new response at least twice per week, but admit my busy schedule means I am sometimes falling short on this. So it is going to be necessary that a number of other CT'ers are posting responses here somewhat regularly.
The Time Line
Estimates of the total number of species on Earth range from 8.7 million to a trillion. Of all the species that have existed on Earth at some point over the past 3.5 billion years, over 95% have gone extinct.
Species are disappearing fast, and more are being place on the “endangered” list. Every species has its own unique role in the overall sustainability of the planet. It is in man's own interest to try to maintain what biodiversity remains.
Goal
- to protect existing forests and green spaces and relevant natural areas from devastation due to ongoing human development activity, and to begin replacing what has been lost.
"An independent investigation into logging in the Liberian rainforest found illegal operations “on a significant scale,” with multiple missteps or breaches of law by the government agency charged with protecting those forests, according to a copy of the report obtained by The Associated Press.
The report was completed in 2020 but has never been made public despite activists’ calls to publish its findings, which included a recommendation that President George Weah order a special inquiry into what went wrong."
Last week's stats were a bit ahead of the prior week and the 2023 average so far.
It is a problem that the number of biodiversity articles has significantly decreased after COP15 in Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. But they have now started randomly popping up again.
We will ferret them out and re-post them!
It also did not help that Bob was sick the past week and posted little.
BiodiversityThread “Responses”
There are articles out there on the continuing loss of co-resident species on Earth, due to the encroachment of human activity.
This thread encourages CT'ers on all sides to re-post here, as responses, Biodiversity posts of interest they see elsewhere.
Note:
1. The goal of this thread is not to woodshed an opposing view into submission. Every position is entitled to post as it sees fit, regardless of the kind of, and amount of, postings by other positions. What is wanted is serious consideration of all posts........then you decide.
2. I personally, as the thread originator, am trying to post a new response at least twice per week, but admit my busy schedule means I am sometimes falling short on this. So it is going to be necessary that a number of other CT'ers are posting responses here somewhat regularly.
The Time Line
Estimates of the total number of species on Earth range from 8.7 million to a trillion. Of all the species that have existed on Earth at some point over the past 3.5 billion years, over 95% have gone extinct.
Species are disappearing fast, and more are being place on the “endangered” list. Every species has its own unique role in the overall sustainability of the planet. It is in man's own interest to try to maintain what biodiversity remains.
Goal
- to protect existing forests and green spaces and relevant natural areas from devastation due to ongoing human development activity, and to begin replacing what has been lost.
It is a problem that the number of biodiversity articles has significantly decreased after COP15 in Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
So I think that it is best that this thread just be allowed to now move down the scroll, as it is less active.
So we will just have this thread pop back up randomly from time to time as some post arises.
BiodiversityThread “Responses”
There are not a lot of articles out there currently on the continuing loss of co-resident species on Earth, due to the encroachment of human activity.
But this thread encourages CT'ers on all sides to re-post here, as responses, Biodiversity posts of interest when they see them elsewhere. This will then continue to recognize the importance of this thread, if it at least reappears from time to time.
Note:
1. The goal of this thread is not to woodshed an opposing view into submission. Every position is entitled to post as it sees fit, regardless of the kind of, and amount of, postings by other positions. What is wanted is serious consideration of all posts........then you decide.
2. I personally, as the thread originator, am trying to post a new response at least twice per week, but admit my busy schedule means I am sometimes falling short on this. Also, there are just less articles on the topic easily available. So we are all going to have to go out of our way to make sure we post here, whatever we see elsewhere.
The Time Line
Estimates of the total number of species on Earth range from 8.7 million to a trillion. Of all the species that have existed on Earth at some point over the past 3.5 billion years, over 95% have gone extinct.
Species are disappearing fast, and more are being place on the “endangered” list. Every species has its own unique role in the overall sustainability of the planet. It is in man's own interest to try to maintain what biodiversity remains.
Goal
- to protect existing forests and green spaces and relevant natural areas from devastation due to ongoing human development activity, and to begin replacing what has been lost.
"Conservationists have typically focused on protecting and restoring species in their native range only, but if that range is often misunderstood and fundamentally dynamic, creating a single definitive map for each species may remain elusive. The way out of this dilemma that I favor remains a minority view, but I like it for its logical coherence: Ditch the idea of a single native range altogether."
"Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life
The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, over-fishing and seabed mining.
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