UN says case for saving species 'more powerful than climate change' | Environment | The Guardian
The economic case for global action to stop the destruction of the natural world is even more powerful than the argument for tackling climate change, a major report for the United Nations will declare this summer.
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The TEEB report shows that on average one third of Earth's habitats have been damaged by humans – but the problem ranges from zero percent of ice, rock and polar lands to 85% of seas and oceans and more than 70% of Mediterranean shrubland.
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Yep sure is. Have you seen this?
http://firefly.geog.umd.edu/firemap/
It shows the fires burning around the world. Most are agricultural and a lot are for charcoal production.
If only the third worlders would switch to propane.
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