April 15, 2004

Planetary Decline: This is what we've been saying

This is an editorial from World Resources Director Jonathan Lash which
starts off with the same bleak assessment we have been saying -- that
we're losing the struggle to preserve the earth's environment.

Yes, we know the standard answer is, "So what are you gonna do about
it?" The starting point is to get the majority of the public to accept
this basic premise -- that we are losing. Studies indicate the general
public doesn't think that -- in fact most people think there are
already too many government regulations protecting the environment.
This what a survey by the Biodiversity Institute showed a few years
ago. And this is what we are mostly focused on -- trying to
communicate the truth about ocean decline -- it is real and it
continues to get worse despite a lot of hard working people.

Read this:

Despite two decades of international environmental agreements, and
great progress in controlling local pollution in some parts of the
world, the data show that the health of the natural systems that
sustain us -- oceans, the atmosphere, rivers, wetlands -- is declining.
Failed international commitments to address global environmental
problems have engendered growing cynicism and diminished hope.


Posted by Randy Olson at April 15, 2004 09:00 AM
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