World failing in biodiversity struggle, UN chief warns

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by Staff Writers
United Nations (AFP) Sept 22, 2010
The world is failing to stop the alarming loss of the Earth's species and habitat, a UN summit was warned Wednesday amid multinational bickering over who pays for the rescue.
"Too many people still fail to grasp the implications of this destruction," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned as he called for greater international action to protect plants and animals. "I urge all leaders present today to commit to reducing biodiversity loss."

Recent reports have warned that species are disappearing at up to 1,000 times the natural rate of disappearance because of human activity and now climate change.

UN states have missed an agreed 2010 deadline to achieve "a significant reduction" in the rate of wildlife loss, the UN chief said. "We have all heard of the web of life. The way we live threatens to trap us in a web of death," he commented.

The international community is locked in a battle however on how to set up a panel to assess Earth's biodiversity.

The mooted organisation, the Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), would list Earth's species at global and regional level, and spell out the value of them.

But diplomatic sources said the establishment of the group could be delayed, with developing countries holding out for a system that would give poor countries payments for the use of genetic "patrimony" -- unique species of plants or animals that, for instance, are found to have a commercial or medical use.

This would increase income for poor economies and also be an encouragement to nurture forests, wetlands and other vital habitats, they argue.

The Group of 77 developing countries, joined by China, reinforced the need for "fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of the biodiversity," in their presentation to the UN summit.

Ban said that a meeting on the 193-nation Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan next month will discuss the question of how to pay for the "equitable sharing" of the benefits from natural resources.

But many experts and ministers have said that the world cannot afford to delay setting up the new panel.

Jose-Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, highlighted the stakes at the UN summit.

"We will not be able to mitigate climate change or adapt to its impacts, or prevent desertification and land degradation, if we don't protect our ecosystems and biodiversity," Barroso said.

He said it was crucial for the Nagoya meeting next month to adopt a strategic plan that would force all countries "to raise their game; to tackle the key drivers of biodiversity loss; to prevent ecological tipping points from being reached."

He said any accord with developing nations "should ensure transparency, legal certainty and predictability for those seeking access to genetic resources, as well as the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits derived from them."

"We need a deal in Nagoya," said Brazil's Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira. She called on the UN summit to "raise the profile of biodiversity and galvanize the political will and engagement of all countries."
 
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Since AGW has failed, you guys need something and this one, like all the others is based on unsupportable claims. When asked to list off some species that had gone extinct in the past 50 years, the bulk of those you listed went extinct far before that and the majority of the rest were hunted to extinction.

You may as well jump on this bandwagon, the old one is headed for the dustbin of history.

The science of this fraud is at least as good as the science of AGW. Multiple errors in part one alone.

http://climatequotes.com/2010/06/11/teeb-report-has-multiple-errors-in-first-chapter-alone-part-2/

http://noconsensus.wordpress.com/2010/06/10/more-un-alarmism-exposed-by-climatequotes-blog/

http://climatequotes.com/2010/06/13/teeb-pushes-fear-and-new-taxes/

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/4/move-over-global-warming/?page=1

Here is a good one. Explaining how environmentalist policy and activism is actually causing problems in certan parts of the world. That old kings of unintended consequences thing again.

http://www.postchronicle.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=219&num=312516

Some science:

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/200...med-during-global-warming/UPI-90961249672936/

http://www.livescience.com/environm...nce/environment+(LiveScience.com+Environment)

You guys are a steady source of laughs. I do have to hand you that.
 
Since AGW has failed, you guys need something and this one, like all the others is based on unsupportable claims. When asked to list off some species that had gone extinct in the past 50 years, the bulk of those you listed went extinct far before that and the majority of the rest were hunted to extinction.

You may as well jump on this bandwagon, the old one is headed for the dustbin of history.

The science of this fraud is at least as good as the science of AGW. Multiple errors in part one alone.

http://climatequotes.com/2010/06/11/teeb-report-has-multiple-errors-in-first-chapter-alone-part-2/

http://noconsensus.wordpress.com/2010/06/10/more-un-alarmism-exposed-by-climatequotes-blog/

http://climatequotes.com/2010/06/13/teeb-pushes-fear-and-new-taxes/

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/4/move-over-global-warming/?page=1

Here is a good one. Explaining how environmentalist policy and activism is actually causing problems in certan parts of the world. That old kings of unintended consequences thing again.

http://www.postchronicle.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=219&num=312516

Some science:

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/200...med-during-global-warming/UPI-90961249672936/

http://www.livescience.com/environm...nce/environment+(LiveScience.com+Environment)

You guys are a steady source of laughs. I do have to hand you that.

You seem to believe that we humans life in isolation from the rest of the world and are somehow magically incapable of damaging our environment. Here are some facts to help you dispell that delusion:

90% of the world's sharks have been harvested already. In some areas, once plentiful sharks are complete extinct - they haven't moved away - they are gone. I can provide a list of endangered species and why they are endangered, if you like, if that will help.
 
90% of the world's sharks have been harvested already. In some areas, once plentiful sharks are complete extinct - they haven't moved away - they are gone. I can provide a list of endangered species and why they are endangered, if you like, if that will help.

You seem to thrive on making claims that you can't substantiate. Prove that 90% of the world's sharks have been harvested. Prove that you know how many sharks there were before harvesting began and prove that you have any idea of how many sharks there are today.
 
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You seem to thrive on making claims that you can't substantiate. Prove that 90% of the world's sharks have been harvested. Prove that you know how many sharks there were before harvesting began and prove that you have any idea of how many sharks there are today.

That was a conservative estimate:

http://www.sharksavers.org/en/education/sharks-are-in-trouble/70-sharks-in-danger-of-extinction.html

The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an organization that that conducts assessments of plant and animal species that are at risk of extinction. It regularly publishes the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In the 2008 Red List, 50 shark species are listed as being at high risk of extinction (either Critically Endangered, Endangered, or Vulnerable). Another 63 shark species are approaching threatened status (either Conservation Dependent or Near Threatened).

Critically Endangered (extremely high risk of extinction)
10 Shark Species


Carcharhinus hemiodon PONDICHERRY SHARK
Centrophorus harrissoni DUMB GULPER SHARK
Glyphis gangeticus GANGES SHARK
Glyphis sp. nov. A BIZANT RIVER SHARK
Glyphis sp. nov. C NEW GUINEA RIVER SHARK
Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus DAGGERNOSE SHARK
Mustelus fasciatus STRIPED DOGFISH
Squatina aculeate SAWBACK ANGELFISH
Squatina oculata SMOOTHBACK ANGEL SHARK
Squatina squatina ANGEL SHARK


Endangered (very high risk of extinction)
9 Shark Species

Carcharhinus borneensis BORNEO SHARK
Glyphis glyphis SPEARTOOTH SHARK
Hemitriakis leucoperiptera WHITEFIN TOPESHARK
Mustelus schmitti NARROWNOSE SMOOTHHOUND
Sphyrna mokarran GREAT HAMMERHEAD
Squatina argentina ARGENTINE ANGEL SHARK
Squatina guggenheim HIDDEN ANGELSHARK
Squatina occulta SMOOTHBACK ANGEL SHARK

Squatina punctata ANGULAR ANGELSHARK


Vulnerable (high risk of extinction)
31 Shark Species

Aulohalaelurus kanakorum NEW CALEDONIA CATSHARK
Carcharhinus leiodon
SMOOTHTOOTH BLACKTIP
Carcharhinus longimanus OCEANIC WHITETIP SHARK
Carcharhinus signatus NIGHT SHARK
Carcharias taurus SPOTTED RAGGED-TOOTH SHARK

Carcharodon carcharias GREAT WHITE SHARK
Centrophorus granulosus GULPER SHARK
Centrophorus squamosus DEEPWATER SPINY DOGFISH
Cetorhinus maximus BASKING SHARK
Galeorhinus galeus
LIVER-OIL SHARK

Galeus mincaronei SOUTHERN SAWTAIL CATSHARK
Hemipristis elongates
SNAGGLETOOTH SHARK
Hemiscyllium hallstromi
PAPUAN EPAULETTE SHARK
Hemiscyllium strahani HOODED CARPET SHARK
Heteroscyllium colcloughi BLUEGRAY CARPETSHARK
Isurus paucus LONGFIN MAKO
Lamna nasus PORBEAGLE
Mustelus whitneyi HUMPBACK SMOOTHHOUND
Nebrius ferrugineus TAWNY NURSE SHARK
Negaprion acutidens SHARPTOOTH LEMON SHARK
Oxynotus centrina
ANGULAR ROUGH SHARK
Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum SHORTTAIL NURSE SHARK

Rhincodon typus
WHALE SHARK
Schroederichthys saurisqualus LIZARD CATSHARK
Scylliogaleus quecketti FLAPNOSE HOUNDSHARK
Sphyrna tudes GOLDEN HAMMERHEAD
Squalus acanthias CAPE SHARK
Squatina sp. nov. A EASTERN ANGEL SHARK
Stegostoma fasciatum ZEBRA SHARK
Triakis acutipinna SHARPFIN HOUNDSHARK
Triakis maculata SPOTTED HOUNDSHARK



Near Threatened (close to being added to one of the above categories)
63 Shark Species
Includes one species assessed as 'conservation dependent': Leopard Sharks


Apristurus albisoma WHITISH CATSHARK
Atelomycterus marmoratus
CORAL CATSHARK
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides
GRACEFUL SHARK
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos GREY REEF SHARK
Carcharhinus brachyurus BRONZE WHALER SHARK
Carcharhinus brevipinna SPINNER SHARK
Carcharhinus dussumieri WHITECHEEK SHARK
Carcharhinus galapagensis
GALAPAGOS SHARK
Carcharhinus leucas BULL SHARK
Carcharhinus limbatus
BLACKTIP SHARK
Carcharhinus macloti HARDNOSE SHARK
Carcharhinus melanopterus
BLACKTIP REEF SHARK
Carcharhinus obscurus
DUSKY SHARK
Carcharhinus perezi
CARIBBEAN REEF SHARK
Carcharhinus plumbeus
SANDBAR SHARK
Carcharhinus sealei
BLACKSPOT SHARK
Centrophorus acus NEEDLE DOGFISH

Centrophorus niaukang
TAIWAN GULPER SHARK
Centroscymnus coelolepis
PORTUGUESE DOGFISH
Cephaloscyllium sp. nov. A
WHITEFIN SWELL SHARK
Cephaloscyllium sp. nov. C NORTHERN DRAUGHTBOARD SHARK
Chiloscyllium griseum
GREY BAMBOO SHARK
Chiloscyllium indicum SLENDER BAMBOO SHARK
Chiloscyllium plagiosum
WHITESPOTTED BAMBOO SHARK
Chiloscyllium punctatum
BROWNBANDED BAMBOO SHARK
Chlamydoselachus anguineus
FRILLED SHARK
Cirrhigaleus barbifer
MANDARIN SHARK
Echinorhinus cookei PRICKLY SHARK

Eucrossorhinus dasypogon
TASSELLED WOBBEGONG
Eusphyra blochii
SLENDER HAMMERHEAD, WINGHEAD SHARK
Galeocerdo cuvier
TIGER SHARK
Galeus atlanticus
ATLANTIC SAWTAIL CATSHARK
Haploblepharus edwardsii
PUFFADDER SHYSHARK
Haploblepharus fuscus
BROWN SHYSHARK
Hemiscyllium freycineti
INDONESIAN SPECKLED CARPET SHARK
Heptranchias perlo
SHARPNOSE SEVENGILL SHARK
Hexanchus griseus
BLUNTNOSE SIXGILL SHARK
Hypogaleus hyugaensis
BLACKTIP TOPESHARK
Isurus oxyrinchus
SHORTFIN MAKO
Leptocharias smithii
BARBELED HOUNDSHARK
Mustelus canis
DUSKY SMOOTHHOUND
Mustelus mento
SPECKLED SMOOTHHOUND
Negaprion brevirostris
LEMON SHARK
Orectolobus maculatus
SPOTTED WOBBEGONG
Orectolobus ornatus
ORNATE WOBBEGONG
Pliotrema warreni
SIXGILL SAWSHARK
Poroderma africanum
PYJAMA SHARK (STRIPED CATSHARK)
Prionace glauca
BLUE SHARK
Pristiophorus sp. nov. A
EASTERN SAWSHARK
Proscymnodon plunketi
PLUNKET'S SHARK
Pseudocarcharias kamoharai
CROCODILE SHARK
Scoliodon laticaudus
SPADENOSE SHARK
Scyliorhinus capensis
YELLOWSPOTTED CATSHARK
Somniosus microcephalus
GREENLAND SHARK
Sphyrna corona
MALLETHEAD SHARK
Sphyrna lewini
SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD
Sphyrna zygaena
SMOOTH HAMMERHEAD
Squalus grahami (Squalus sp. nov. F)
EASTERN LONGNOSE SPURDOG
Squalus rancureli
CYRANO SPURDOG
Squatina californica
PACIFIC ANGEL SHARK
Triaenodon obesus
WHITETIP REEF SHARK
Triakis megalopterus
SPOTTED GULLY SHARK
Triakis semifasciata
LEOPARD SHARK
 
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