Brazil Plans to Expand Amazon Protection

[Judi Lynn]

Brazil Plans to Expand Amazon Protection
By MICHAEL ASTOR
Associated Press Writer

March 27, 2006, 7:10 PM EST

CURITIBA, Brazil -- Brazil announced plans to expand protection of the Amazon rain forest, and its president on Monday called on wealthy nations to do more to protect the environment.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva blamed industrialized nations for the "unsustainable patterns of production and consumption."

"It is unacceptable that poorer nations continue to suffer the main burden of environmental degradation," the Brazilian leader told cabinet ministers from more than 90 countries. His remarks came at the opening of three days of high-level talks at the eighth biannual Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biodiversity, sponsored by the United Nations.

The talks are a major test to the cabinet ministers' commitment to the 1992 treaty; and a U.N. report released at the conference said species were being lost at the fastest rate since the disappearance of dinosaurs -- or as much as 1,000 times faster than the natural rate of extinction.
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-brazil-biodiversity-conference,0,4190209.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[hippiechick]

1. YAY!

:applause:

[mdmc]

2. they take a brazilion loses,,, yet they still do the right thing

:)

[dave502d]

3. Thank you Brazil . n/t

[MasonJar]

4. Halleluyah, Brazil. Show up this bunch of despots who run the

US.

[glitch]

5. Yeah. Meanwhile, Bushbots still trying to sell off US national forests.

swine. But to Brazil: :applause:

[Judi Lynn]

6. Political Will Determines Fate of Earth's Diverse Species

March 27, 2006

Political Will Determines Fate of Earth's Diverse Species

CURITIBA, Brazil, March 27, 2006 (ENS) - The preservation of biological diversity on the planet depends mainly on the political will of countries, especially the developed ones, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio da Silva told delegates from around the world gathered here for an international conference on halting the loss of species.

Opening the high-level meeting of the 8th Conference of the Parties to the Convention Biological Diversity, a global treaty that aims to preserve the dwindling variety of species on Earth, President Lula said today, "It also requires developed countries to fulfill their promises in terms of international cooperation."

Speaking to 3,600 delegates from 173 countries, Lula said democracy is the path to defense of the planet's biodiversity.

"Finance, technology, and world trade can take globalization as far as possible, but it is up to democracy, with more and more social participation, to avert a constant collision between our needs and our excesses," he said.
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http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-27-03.asp

[ladjf]

7. Maybe another Country is catching on.

[hatrack]

8. Perhaps - we sure as hell are not

:eyes:

[ladjf]

9. We are behind on all things good and ahead on all things bad.

Is there some kind of environmental thing happening in the U.S. that is lowering IQ ?

We are acting as though we've become hopelessly stupid.

[rodeodance]

10. good, good good.

[Swamp Rat]

11. Muito bem Lula!

Tá na hora! :thumbsup:

[Vidar]

12. Good for Brazil