Conservation With a Human Face

The biodiversity hosted by the world’s developing nations provides both local and global services. But that does not mean that poor countries should be barred from exploiting their natural resources in the interest of economic growth.

PARIS – The world is witnessing a drastic decline of its natural capital. Plant and animal species worldwide are vanishing at an unprecedented pace – 100 to 1,000 times the natural extinction rate.

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