Environmental Milestones


BIODIVERSITY
1/7/2002
Study says half of North America's most biodiverse regions are degraded, and 235 mammal, reptile, bird, and amphibian species are now threatened.

Source

North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, "Significant Biodiversity Loss Across North America, NAFTA Body's State of the Environment Report Says," press release (Montreal: 7 January 2002).

Links

Convention on Biological Diversity
Biodiversity Conservation Information System (BCIS)
BirdLife International
The North American Mosaic: A State of the Environment Report
World Conservation Union-IUCN
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Worldwatch Links

State of the World 2001 - Chapter 4: Deciphering Amphibian Declines
State of the World 2003 - Chapter 2: Watching Birds Disappear
State of the World 2003 - Chapter 3: Linking Population, Women, and Biodiversity
Worldwatch Paper 165: The Decline of Birds
Worldwatch Research Library: Biodiversity


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