U.N. report: Eco-systems at ‘tipping point’
Environment • May 2010 • Views: 413
(CNN) — The world’s eco-systems are at risk of “rapid degradation and collapse” according to a new United Nations report.
The third Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-3) published by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) warns that unless “swift, radical and creative action” is taken “massive further loss is increasingly likely.”
Ahmed Djoghlaf, executive secretary of the CBD said in a statement: “The news is not good. We continue to lose biodiversity at a rate never before seen in history.”