News from International Year of Biodiversity November 2010

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A n innovative grouping of scientists and practitioners have come together to advocate a fundamental shift in the way we view biodiversity. In their paper, which has been published in the journal Science, they argue that unless people recognise the link between their consumption choices and biodiversity loss, the diversity of life on Earth will continue to decline. Dr Mike Rands, Director of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative and lead author of the paper, says: “Despite increasing worldwide conservation efforts, biodiversity continues to decline.

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