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damage to Earth worsening fast-report." ... "Humans
are damaging the planet at an unprecedented rate and raising risks of abrupt
collapses in nature that could spur disease, deforestation or "dead zones"
in the seas, an international report said on Wednesday." ... "The study,
by 1,360 experts in 95 nations, said a rising human population had polluted
or over-exploited two thirds of the ecological systems on which life depends,
ranging from clean air to fresh water, in the past 50 years." ... "Ten
to 30 percent of mammal, bird and amphibian species were already threatened
with extinction, according to the assessment, the biggest review of the
planet's life support systems." -By Alister Doyle
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Study: Earth's Health Deteriorating: U.N. Study Warns
Growing Populations, Economic Activity Have Strained the Earth's Ecosystems."
... "Unless nations adopt more eco-friendly policies, increased human demands
for food, clean water and fuels could speed the disappearance of forests,
fish and fresh water reserves and lead to more frequent disease outbreaks
over the next 50 years, it warned." (1, 2)
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highlights global decline." ... "The most comprehensive
survey ever into the state of the planet concludes that human activities
threaten the Earth's ability to sustain future generations." ... "The report
says the way society obtains its resources has caused irreversible changes
that are degrading the natural processes that support life on Earth." ...
"This will compromise efforts to address hunger, poverty and improve healthcare."
... "The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment was drawn up by 1,300 researchers
from 95 nations over a period of four years." ... "It reports that humans
have changed most ecosystems beyond recognition in a dramatically short
space of time." ... "The way society has sourced its food, fresh water,
timber, fibre and fuel over the past 50 years has seriously degraded the
environment, the assessment (MA) concludes." -By Jonathan
Amos -BBC
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- "World
ecosystems in danger, UN warns." ... "The world's
sources of fish and fresh water are so rundown that they can no longer
sustain current or future demands, according to a first international report
card on the world's environment published today." -By
Lydia Adetunji -FT.com
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on Global Ecosystems Calls for Radical Changes: Earth's
Sustainability Is Not Guaranteed Unless Action Is Taken to Protect Resources,
Experts Say." ... "Many of the world's ecosystems are in danger and might
not support future generations unless radical measures are implemented
to protect and revive them, according to the most comprehensive analysis
ever conducted of how the world's oceans, dry lands, forests and species
interact and depend on one another." ... "The new report collates research
from many specific locales to create the first global snapshot of ecosystems.
More than 1,300 authors from 95 countries participated in the Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment, whose results are being made public today by the
United Nations and by several private and public organizations." -By
Shankar Vedantam-WashingtonPost
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