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 [Thunderstorms in the Imajica - John Furie Zacharias having a bad day in a strange place] Digital Age Dilemnas: If you are a more proactive person, you might contact your political representatives recently talking up the Culture of Life in the media, over one woman in Florida, and simply ask them if they've seen the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment Report. Give their staffers the GreenFacts Ecosystems web address and ask what their positions might be for the Culture of Life for the planet that we're all going to be living on in the very near future.

 [The Urban Country (www.TheUrbanCountry.com) by Jim Schwartz] Our degrading planet: The planet Earth is rapidly degrading, and according to a 2,500 page report from the United Nations approximately 60 percent of the ecosystem services that support life on Earth - such as fresh water, capture fisheries, air and water regulation, and the regulation of regional climate, natural hazards and pests - are being degraded or used unsustainably. Scientists warn that the harmful consequences of this degradation could grow significantly worse in the next 50 years.

 [Gnn.tv] 60% of Earth's ecosystem services are being degraded or used ...: A landmark study released today [March 30, 2005] reveals that approximately 60 percent of the ecosystem services that support life on Earth – such as fresh water, capture fisheries, air and water regulation, and the regulation of regional climate, natural hazards and pests – are being degraded or used unsustainably. Scientists warn that the harmful consequences of this degradation could grow significantly worse in the next 50 years.

 [Scienceblog.com] UN: World in big ecological mess | Science Blog: "The work of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment makes clear how ecosystems and human health are intertwined and further highlights how important it is that decisions related to economic development also protect the environment, in order to ultimately safeguard human health," said Kerstin Leitner, Assistant Director-General for Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments of the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO).

[Eastasiacenter.net] adrianalmquist:: A landmark study released today reveals that approximately 60 percent of the ecosystem services that support life on Earth, such as fresh water, capture fisheries, air and water regulation, and the regulation of regional climate, natural hazards and pests, are being degraded or used unsustainably. Scientists warn that the harmful consequences of this degradation could grow significantly worse in the next 50 years.

[Shininglight.us] Shining Light in Dark Corners: “Any progress achieved in addressing the goals of poverty and hunger eradication, improved health, and environmental protection is unlikely to be sustained if most of the ecosystem services on which humanity relies continue to be degraded,” said the study, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) Synthesis Report, conducted by 1,300 experts from 95 countries. It specifically states that the ongoing degradation of ecosystem services is a road block to the Millennium Development Goals agreed to by the world leaders at the United Nations in 2000.

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