[MPWG] CBDs assessment of progress toward the Global Targets beyond 2010

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

The link below takes you to a publication by CBD on their assessment of 
progress toward the Global Targets beyond 2010.  Gloom and doom, with a 
sprinkling of successes! 

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist - Division of Scientific Authority
Chair - Plant Conservation Alliance - Medicinal Plant Working Group
US Fish & Wildlife Service
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 110
Arlington, VA  22203
703-358-1708 x1753
FAX: 703-358-2276

Promoting sustainable use and conservation of our native medicinal plants.
<www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal>

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Global Biodiversity Outlook 3
"The Global Biodiversity Outlook-3 contains the sobering facts and figures 
while pin pointing several key reasons as to why the challenge of 
conserving and indeed enhancing biodiversity remains unmet. One key area 
is economics: many economies remain blind to the huge value of the 
diversity of animals, plants and other life-forms and their role in 
healthy and functioning ecosystems from forests and freshwaters to soils, 
oceans and even the atmosphere." 
http://www.cbd.int/gbo/gbo3/doc/GBO3-final-en.pdf
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