Latest news 15 May 2010
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has called for action to be taken against the loss of ecosystems and species in a study published back in 2002.
However, in 2010, the CBD has published its report Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 which claims that there has been a “worldwide failure” to meet targets set out in the earlier research.
The latest report looks at the fact that many people are unaware of the economic impact which a loss of diversity would bring.
Annual losses as a result of deforestation and forest degradation alone may equate to losses of up to $4.5 trillion (
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