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A selection of news reports on the MA

  • 《荷兰王储在第二届黄河国际论坛开幕式上的致辞 》
    中国水网 (10/18/2005)
    毫无疑问，前一段时间将以一个洪灾肆虐的时期载入历史，不仅仅是印度洋数国 发生了损失惨重的海啸。今年夏天，中欧地区发生了大洪水。美国的海湾地带遭遇了台风卡特里娜和丽塔的袭击，几星期前，台风达维从中国扫过，也造成了严重的洪灾。 在这些面前，人类显得微不足道，面对自然的伟力，需要以全人类的力量去和它对抗。我们越来越多地意识到气侯变化所带来的影响，我们对其的认识越多，我们就越来越强烈，越来越迫切地意识到，必须根本改变这样的趋势
  • Checking Earth's Vital Signs
    NASA Earth Science Data and Services (10/12/2005)
    Mention to someone that a little known species such as the ‘Alerce’ — a large tree native to Chile and Argentina — is endangered, and they’re likely to not bat an eyelash. But then drop the name of a more relatable endangered species such as, say, the Slender Loris from Sri Lanka — a fuzzy little primate with brown eyes that would give any teddy bear a run for its money — and it’s likely to elicit more compassion.
  • Natural Accounting Essential for Poverty Reduction - United Nations Environment Programme
    UNEP Press Release (10/10/2005)
    Poverty will only be made history when nature’s capital is factored into national profit and loss books, one of the world’s leading economists will assert today. Key to this is creating markets that give real and long lasting value to the goods and services nature provides. Traditional measures such as gross domestic product (GDP) are short changing current and future generations, says Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta of Cambridge University.
  • Wetlands satellite mapping scheme yielding first results
    ESA News (10/10/2005)
    Earth's wetlands are havens for wildlife and vital to the water cycle, but they are also under threat. An ESA-led initiative aims to develop a global wetland information service based on Earth Observation for conservation efforts. The Globwetland project has now entered a new phase, with prototype products being developed based on sites across four continents.
  • Business sector must restore public trust
    Scoop (10/7/2005)
    The business sector may have to demonstrate more responsibility for the communities and ecosystems where its consumers, investors and employees reside if it is to win back public trust, according to the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (the Business Council) in its annual report released today. Chair Rob Fenwick said a recent public survey showing New Zealanders are distrustful of the business sector was deeply disturbing.
  • Banking on our natural capital
    CNEWS (10/7/2005)
    Anyone who regularly reads science journals knows there's no shortage of research about how human activities are affecting our ecosystems. But translating that research into action to conserve those systems is another matter. Sometimes it seems there are dire predictions about the future of the planet's ecosystems coming out almost every day. Then the headlines fade (if there even were headlines) and so does the sense of urgency.
  • Burden Of Disease Increased By Environmental Degradation
    Noticias Info (10/5/2005)
    Close to one-fifth of the burden of disease in developing countries can be attributed to environmental risks – with unsafe water, poor sanitation, and poor hygiene as leading risk factors, causing 1.7 million premature deaths per year; and urban air pollution estimated to cause about 800,000 premature deaths annually, according to the World Bank’s annual publication, Environment Matters, released today.
  • Creating Pro-Poor Markets for Ecosystem Services 10-12 October 2005, London, United Kingdom
    Earth Negotiation Bulletin (10/3/2005)
    Several reports and processes addressing the link between poverty reduction and a healthy environment have been released in recent months, including the report of the UN Millennium Project, “Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals”; the report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), including its synthesis reports, “Ecosystems and Human Well-being” and “Biodiversity and Human Well-being”; and the report by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), “Environmental Sustainability in 100 Millennium Development Goal Country Reports.”
  • Should conservation be driven by finance
    SciDev (9/29/2005)
    Since the late 1980s, conservation efforts have focused on biodiversity 'hotspots' — regions that are home to many species at risk of extinction. But some conservationists now believe this approach is misguided. In this article in Nature, Lucy Odling-Smee reports on increasing evidence that efforts to slow or halt the loss of biodiversity would be more effective if driven by financial interest
  • Whither the Endangered Species Act - Protection is good economics
    San Francisco Chronicle (9/28/2005)
    We're frequently told that the Endangered Species Act, a cornerstone of U.S. environmental law, must be "improved." At the heart of these arguments are claims of economic damage, as critics agonize that the well-being of critters is placed above that of humans. These criticisms arise from a limited understanding of both endangered species protection and economics. A key purpose of the ESA is to enhance our well-being, and in particular that of future generations.
  • Salvation army
    The Observer (9/23/2005)
    Given that 10-30 per cent of all species are now under serious threat of extinction, according to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, conservation has never been so critical. With that in mind I recently spent two Saturday afternoons at my local park conservation scheme. Mostly my tasks involved fishing crisp bags out of the boating lake where the herons nest - not glamorous, but conservation is all about getting your hands dirty.
  • UN SUMMIT FAILS WORLD - NO ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
    Friends of the Earth (9/16/2005)
    The United Nations (UN) Summit, which ends today in New York, has been criticised by Friends of the Earth for failing to agree any firm action on climate change. The final outcome document of the Summit does not recognise the immense challenge to stabilise the world's climate, and the threat that climate change poses upon reaching the UN Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
  • UN says Earth's ecosystem is no luxury
    Webindia123 (9/13/2005)
    The United Nations says any debate about security and human rights must include the ecosystem and ignoring it will lead to catastrophe and economic disaster. The environment is not a luxury, not a Gucci accessory bag or a fancy silk tie affordable only when all other issues have been resolved, U.N. Environment Program Executive Director Klaus Toepfer said Monday.
  • World Summit must be red ribbon for environment
    Daily Observer (9/7/2005)
    Across the capitals of the world, heads of state and government are making plans for one of the most important meetings of the early 21st century - the 2005 World Summit, taking place in early September in New York, aims to strengthen the United Nations in many areas, including security and human rights. It will also take stock of how we are faring on the 2015 Millennium Development Goals. These cover poverty eradication, the supply of safe and sufficient supplies of safe- drinking water, the empowerment of women and reversing the spread of infectious diseases.
  • Glaciers on the Roof of the World at Risk
    Environment News Service (9/6/2005)
    The mountains of Asia, including the towering Himalayas, are facing accelerating threats from a rapid rise in roads, settlements, overgrazing and deforestation, experts are warning in a new report. New calculation by experts with the Chinese Academy of Sciences indicate that China's highland glaciers are shrinking by an amoiunt equivalent to all the water in the giant Yellow River each year.
  • Asia's water security under threat
    999 Today (9/5/2005)
    The mountains of Asia, including the Himalayas, are facing accelerating threats from a rapid rise in roads, settlements, overgrazing and deforestation experts are warning in a new report. There is concern that the region’s water supplies, fed by glaciers and the monsoons and vital for around half the world’s population, may be harmed alongside the area’s abundant and rich wildlife
  • UNEP urges government to finance restoration of ecosystems
    Angola Press (9/2/2005)
    The United nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has called on world governments to financially support the restoration of ecosystems as a way of improving rural households. According to a new report, entitled `The Wealth of the Poor` and produced by the Washington-based WRI in collaboration with UNDP, UNEP and the World Bank, targeted investments in ecosystems in developing countries could change peoples lives.
  • World Leaders Urged to Finance Ecosystem Restoration as Root to Better Rural Lives
    UNEP Press Release (9/1/2005)
    A new report on the environment was described today “as essential reading for any world leader serious about defeating poverty”. Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), said the study entitled The Wealth of the Poor clearly demonstrated “the importance of healthy forests, marine environments, freshwaters and other key ecosystems for meeting internationally agreed development targets”.
  • Environment key to helping poor
    BBC (UK) (8/31/2005)
    The key Millennium Goal of halving poverty in a decade cannot be met without better environmental protection, according to a new report. The World Resources 2005 document says that most of the world's poor depend on nature for their income.
  • How business can create a roadmap to a sustainable future
    Øfootprint (8/31/2005)
    A new in-depth report on the current and possible future state of the Earth’s ecosystems and their impact on our well-being highlights the challenges and opportunities this presents for business.
  • DEVELOPMENT: Connecting Nature, Power and Poverty
    Inter Press Service News Agency (8/31/2005)
    In a significant challenge to neo-liberal orthodoxy, a major Washington-based think tank is calling for greater local and democratic control over environmental resources as the most effective means to lift some two billion people out of rural poverty.
  • Forgive Us Our Debts-Why aren't conservationists fighting poverty?
    GRIST Magazine (8/11/2005)
    It's a shame. Conservationists are sitting on the sidelines while the Big Game unfolds before our eyes. A major campaign is under way to change the terms of development, alleviate crushing debt, and help poor people around the world live better lives. Successes are being racked up. And conservation and environmental groups are nowhere to be seen.
  • Roadmap guides agriculture to 2020
    Manila Bulletin Online (8/9/2005)
    A key farm roadmap called "Philippine Agriculture 2020" (PA2020) is seen to bring about a stunning rise in farm growth by 2020, lifting agriculture’s gross value added to P422 billion by 2020 from a 2000-2004 base of P206.2 billion or a yearly seven percent growth. Initiated by the National Academy of Science and Technology’s (NAST) agricultural sciences division, PA2020 is being drawn in coordination with the Department of Agriculture and its attached agencies, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Science and Technology, and Department of Land Reform.
  • 'Ecosystem services': a vital term in policy debates
    SciDevNet - Editorial; Walter Reid, Robert Watson and Harold Mooney (8/4/2005)
    Walter Reid, Robert Watson and Harold Mooney defend the use of the term 'ecosystem services' as an essential way of communicating to policymakers the importance of the benefits that people receive from ecosystems.
  • Scarce, degraded land is spark for Africa conflict
    REUTERS (South Africa) (7/22/2005)
    On a continent where a man's worth is often measured by his cattle, rivalry for the beasts and the degraded land they graze on is sparking lethal conflicts across Africa. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, compiled by U.N. agencies and other groups, says drylands occupy more than 41 percent of the world's land area and are home to more than 2 billion people, some of them the world's most impoverished.
  • Earthwatch Calls On Private Sector To Act On MEA Business & Industry Synthesis Report
    Earthwatch (Europe) (7/18/2005)
    A new scientific report released this week reinforces the need for business and industry action to protect natural systems for the sake of continued business success as well as the operating environment they require to function effectively. Major changes that will have a profound affect on business include climate change, loss of biodiversity and water scarcity; all essential for human well being, according to Earthwatch Institute (Europe).
  • G8 Leaders Told It Pays to Protect Forests
    Associated Press (Newsday) (7/6/2005)
    The U.N. environment chief has a message for leaders of the world's major industrialized nations: scientists have shown that it pays to preserve forests, coastal waters and marshes. Klaus Toepfer made the case that investing in the environment will go a long way toward meeting U.N. goals to reduce poverty, supply clean drinking water and fight the spread of infectious diseases.
  • La mortalidad infantil en países pobres se duplica en tierras secas
    Diarohoy.net (6/19/2005)
    La mortalidad infantil en las tierras secas de los países en vías de desarrollo alcanza a unos 54 niños de cada mil nacimientos, el doble que las zonas con agua, según un informe difundido hoy por la organización Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.
  • Desertificação e poeira representam ameaça global
    TERRA (Brazil) (6/17/2005)
    A desertificação ameaça expulsar milhões de pessoas de suas casas nas próximas décadas, e enormes nuvens de poeiras podem afetar a saúde de pessoas a milhares de quilômetros de distância, afirmou hoje um relatório internacional. "A desertificação surge como um problema global que afeta a todos", disse Zafar Adeel, diretor-assistente da academia hídrica da Universidade da ONU e um dos principais autores do relatório que resume o trabalho de 1,36 mil cientistas de 95 países.
  • Desertification, dust 'global threats'
    NEWS.com.au (6/17/2005)
    DESERTIFICATION threatens to drive millions of people from their homes in coming decades while vast dust storms can damage the health of people continents away, an international report said today. "Desertification has emerged as a global problem affecting everyone," said Zafar Adeel, assistant director of the UN University's water academy and a lead author of a report drawing on the work of 1360 scientists in 95 nations.
  • World's dry regions set to expand
    BBC News (UK) (6/17/2005)
    Desertification is a growing menace that puts at risk global efforts to tackle poverty and hunger, a new report from a coalition of scientists states. The group says bad crop management and the misuse of irrigation in a number of regions is putting unsustainable pressure on dryland areas.
  • La désertification, menace majeure pour l'environnement
    AFP (France) (6/16/2005)
    La désertification croissante dans le monde représente l'un des plus grands problèmes environnementaux et hypothèque la lutte contre la pauvreté, met en garde un rapport des Nations unies publié jeudi. La désertification, définie comme une dégradation des terres arides et semi-arides résultant de facteurs climatiques et d'activités humaines, "compte parmi les plus grands défis pour l'environnement de notre planète et nos sociétés", souligne le document réalisé dans le cadre de l'évaluation de l'écosystème pour le millénaire conduit surtout par l'Onu.
  • History shows that environmentalists haven't cried wolf
    The New Zealand Herald (6/2/2005)
    Colin James' Perspectives page diagnosis of the environmental movement betrays a doctor who has not been listening attentively enough to, or examining closely enough, the patient he seeks to treat. His criticisms of the environmental movement - and by extension the Green Party - boil down to two claims: first, that we are overly alarmist and negative; and secondly that we instinctively favour regulation over market mechanisms in solving the problems we perceive. He portrays the Greens as out of step with the times - modern society being unerringly positive and market-focused and we being negative and regulation-focused. To call us alarmist is to suggest that environmentalists keep crying wolf about problems that never materialise. The problem with this argument is that even a cursory glance at history illustrates how baseless it is.
  • UN-backed ecological report warns of potential new diseases and ‘dead zones’
    UN News Centre (5/13/2005)
    The emergence of new diseases, sudden changes in water quality, creation of coastal “dead zones,” the collapse of fisheries and shifts in regional climate are just some of the potential consequences of humankind’s degradation of the planet’s ecosystems, according to a new United Nations-backed report launched today.
  • تهويد القدس بين الكنيست الإسرائيلي والكونجرس الأمريكي
    Al Ahram (Egypt) (5/13/2005)
    يتنافس الكنيست الإسرائيلي والكونجرس الأمريكي علي تهويد القدس العربية وجعلها عاصمة موحدة وأبدية لإسرائيل‏,‏ ويتباري المجلسان‏(‏ الكنيست والكونجرس‏)‏ في السنوات العشر الأخيرة في إصدار المزيد من القوانين التي تحاول إسباغ شرعية إسرائيلية زائفة علي المدينة المقدسة‏,‏ وليس أدل علي هذا من محاولات الكونجرس الأخيرة لتمرير مشروع قانون جديد بالاعتراف بالقدس كعاصمة لإسرائيل لا تقبل التقسيم‏,‏ وأن يتم نقل موقع السفارة الأمريكية في إسرائيل من تل أبيب إلي القدس في مدة لا تزيد علي‏180‏ يوما قبل الاعتراف بالدولة الفلسطينية‏,‏ وأكثر من هذا فإن مشروع القرار يسجل مزاعم وادعاءات تاريخية باطلة لا سند لها في كتب التاريخ وبمختلف اللغات‏(‏ راجع مقال السفير محمد بسيوني المنشور بالصفحة الأحد الماضي‏).
  • Assessing global environment
    The Navhind Times (India) (4/26/2005)
    For the first time, a group of scientists has accomplished the daunting task of evaluating the status of all of the ecosystems on Earth, and the outlook is troubling.
  • Environmental Economics: Rescuing environmentalism
    The Economist (UK) (4/22/2005)
    Market forces could prove the environment's best friend—if only greens could learn to love them.
  • The environment On the edge of destiny
    Ithaca Journal (Editorial) (4/18/2005)
    Through the arrogance of hindsight, all Americans find some things hard to imagine.
  • Earth watch
    The Observer Magazine (UK) (4/17/2005)
    Mother nature has 38 billion years' experience in conservation, so she's an ideal source of inspiration.
  • 国連、地球保護を強化
    China Radio International (Japan) (4/12/2005)
    国連およびその関連機構はこのほど、一連の研究報告を発表し、人類の活動が環境と生態系システムに厳しい脅威をもたらしていると指摘し、行動を起こし、地球を守るよう各国に呼びかけています。
  • More health problems to come our way soon
    Sun Star (Philippines) (4/9/2005)
    Some 60 percent of the benefits that the global ecosystem provides to support life on Earth (such as fresh water, clean air and a relatively stable climate) are being degraded or used unsustainably, according the recently released Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA).
  • Declare war on threat to ecosystems
    Financial Times (Letter) (4/8/2005)
    The UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment should be compulsory reading for governments, citizens and business everywhere.
  • Wake-up call on environment
    Trinidad & Tobago Express (4/8/2005)
    Even as disaster preparedness organisations are meeting in Trinidad and Tobago to coordinate their responses to future crises against the backdrop of the devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan, the world at large is being called upon to consider what has been described as "the most comprehensive survey ever into the state of the planet".
  • 推动循环经济发展成为工作重点
    NTEM.com (China) (4/8/2005)
    由科技部和国家环保总局共同主办的“千年生态系统评估（MA）成果发布会暨中国西部生态系统综合评估项目（MAWEC）成果发布会”于日前在北京举行。科技部部长徐冠华在致辞中表示，加强生态建设和环境保护，推动循环经济的发展，是未来5到10年工作的重要内容。
  • 「世界の生態系の3分の2が破壊の危機」、国連環境計画が報告書
    Nikkei BP (Japan) (4/8/2005)
    国連環境計画（UNEP）はこのほど、世界の生態系の現状に関する報告書を発表した。このなかで世界中の生態系の約3分の2が破壊の危機にあることが明らかになった。過去50年間に行われた生態系の改変は、人類史上最も大規模なものという。
  • Assessment a reminder of plight facing environment
    SABC News (South Africa) (4/7/2005)
    The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment provides a timely reminder of the plight facing the global environment. But its scare tactics could alienate those whose support is needed to reverse current trends.
  • 淡水、大気と水の制御など　生態系機能の60％が劣化　国連大学、ﾐﾚﾆｱﾑ評価事務局　報告書で警告
    Environmental News (Japan) (4/6/2005)
    国連大学高等研究所とﾐﾚﾆｱﾑ生態系評価（ＭＡ）事務局は先月30日、「ﾐﾚﾆｱﾑ生態系評価ﾌﾟﾛｼﾞｪｸﾄ総合報告書東京発表会」を東京都渋谷区の国連大学ビルで開催した。報告書によると、淡水、大気と水の制御、地域の気候など生態系の機能は、約60％が劣化、または非持続的に利用されていると指摘している。検討した24の生態系機能のうち、15の生態系における機能劣化の進行は、地球気候を突然変化させる可能性を増加していると警告を発している。
  • Så använder vi jorden
    Ny Teknik (Sweden) (4/6/2005)
    År 2001 sjösatte Kofi Annan i FNs regi Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, en gigantisk världsomfattande inventering för att se hur jordens resurser används. Sammanlagt 1 360 forskare från 95 länder (varav tre från Sverige) har deltagit i undersökningen. Nu har deras slutrapport kommit. Resultatet är både uppmuntrande och nedslående.
  • A healthy planet can fight poverty
    SABC News (South Africa) (4/5/2005)
    Preserving healthy ecosystems is essential for alleviating global poverty, according to reports on the Science and Development Network website.
  • Report Tallies Hidden Costs of Human Assault on Nature
    The New York Times (US) (4/5/2005)
    For decades, scientists have been warning that human activities were extinguishing species, altering the climate and degrading landscapes. Now a group of experts has reframed the issue.
  • Tipping the balance
    The Star Online (Malaysia) (4/5/2005)
    Man is living on borrowed time. A study examining the planet’s life support systems has found that two-thirds of the services provided by nature to mankind has been damaged by human pressure. And the harmful effects of the degradation will get worse in the next 50 years.
  • Planet in peril: Humans push natural systems to the brink
    New Scientist (4/2/2005)
    It has cost $24 million and taken more than 1300 scientists in 95 countries four years to put together. This week, the first ever global inventory of natural resources was finally published. Its overwhelming conclusion: we are living way beyond our means.
  • L'épuisement de la nature menace le progrès
    Le Monde (France) (4/1/2005)
    Pour la première fois, 1 300 chercheurs ont dressé un bilan de l'état des écosystèmes de la planète. L'augmentation de la production agricole a réduit la faim, mais l'activité humaine dégrade l'environnement. A terme, c'est le bien-être même de l'homme qui va se détériorer Plus de 1 300 scientifiques originaires de 95 pays ont élaboré à la demande de l'ONU un rapport sur l'état des ÉCOSYSTÈMES de la planète.
  • Risorsi Naturali: Il futuro dell'uomo
    Modus Vivendi (Italy) (4/1/2005)
    Le Nazioni Unite hanno promosso la più grande ricerca mondiale per valutare lo stato degli ecosistemi e delle risorse naturali e individuare le possibilità di azione per un futuro sostenibile. Possibilità che esistono e che richiedono la partecipazione di tutti
  • 動物10－30％　絶滅の危機　森林破壊で新疾病も　生態系悪化　国連が報告
    Shimbun Akahata (Japan) (4/1/2005)
    国連は30日、地球規模で初めて行われた生態系評価「ﾐﾚﾆｱﾑ生態系評価総合報告」を公表しました。同報告は人類の活動の結果、地球上の生命を支えている生態系機能の約60％が悪化の一途をたどり、向こう50年間にはさらにひどくなると指摘。「このまま進行すれば、貧困、飢餓克服をめざす2000年合意の国連ﾐﾚﾆｱﾑ開発目標達成の障害になる」と警告しました。
  • Humans are slowly destroying the Earth
    Pretoria News (South Africa) (3/31/2005)
    Planet Earth stands on the cusp of disaster and people should no longer take it for granted that their children and grandchildren will survive in the environmentally-degraded world of the 21st century.
  • Verden lever over evne
    Dagsavisen (Norway) (3/31/2005)
    Ifølge en omfattende FN-studie som ble lagt fram i går, er to tredjedeler av naturens livsnødvendige maskineri skadet og svekket av menneskelig rovdrift. Skoger, hav, elver, grunnvann og jordbruksland er i fare. Hvis ikke utviklingen snur, står hele økosystemet i fare. «Vi lever bokstavelig talt på lånt tid», heter det i rapporten.
  • 全球评估结果显示地球“健康”欠佳
    Nanfang Daily (China) (3/31/2005)
    北京消息　地球“健康”状况如何？经过９５个国家１３００多名科学家连续４年的工作，科学家发现，过去５０年，人类对生态系统的影响比以往任何时期都要快速和广泛，地球生态系统的服务功能正在不断退化。
  • Humanos esgotam capital natural da Terra, dizem cientistas
    Folha de São Paulo (Brazil) (3/30/2005)
    A humanidade está fazendo um saque a descoberto no grande (porém finito) banco dos ecossistemas globais. O resultado é um colapso futuro na capacidade do planeta de fornecer bens e serviços naturais aos seres humanos, cujo primeiro efeito prático deve ser a impossibilidade de atingir as metas das Nações Unidas de combate à fome em 2015.
  • Forskere slår alarm om økosystemer
    Aftenposten Nettutgaven (Norway) (3/30/2005)
    Verdens økosystemer kneler under vår jakt på mat, brensel og ferskvann.
  • Jordkloden truet av miljøkollaps: Rovdrift på jordens økosystemer
    VG Nett (Norway) (3/30/2005)
    Nå er miljøet på jordkloden så presset av menneskelig rovdrift at FNs kamp mot fattigdom står i fare.
  • Damage to ecosystems poses growing threat to human health
    World Health Organization (3/30/2005)
    A new report shows that some 60% of the benefits that the global ecosystem provides to support life on Earth (such as fresh water, clean air and a relatively stable climate) are being degraded or used unsustainably. In the report, scientists working on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) warn that harmful consequences of this degradation to human health are already being felt and could grow significantly worse over the next 50 years.
  • 1360名科学家认为地球不“健康”
    Science and technology daily(China) (3/30/2005)
    本报北京3月30日电 “过去50年，人类改变生态系统的速度和范围前所未有。在未来50年内将进一步加剧。国际自然与自然资源保护联盟首席科学家杰夫•迈克尼利在今天的千年生态系统评估（MA）成果发布会上发出这样的警告。
  • 人类欠自然一笔巨账 三分之二地球资源已快用光
    Dongfang Zaobao (East China Morning Post) (3/30/2005)
    来自全球95 个国家的1360 名科学家通力合作，历时四年完成的“新千年生态系统评估”报告（MillenniumEcosystemAssessment），于3 月30 日 正式公布。报告警告说，由于人类活动的干预，三分之二支持地球生命系 统运转的自然资源已被严重破坏，几近耗光。
  • 生態系資源の6割に損失　国連の評価報告書が警告
    Kyodo Tsushin (Yahoo Japan News) Japan (3/30/2005)
    国連は30日、食糧や水資源など自然の生態系から人類が受けている恩恵のうち、約60％が過去50年間の人間の活動で大きく損なわれたと警告する生態系評価報告書を発表した。
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