Center for Biological Diversity2009年年度报告.pdf

1、2009CENTER for BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYANNUAL REPORT2009The Center won standout victories for endangered species in 2009,including a proposal from the federal government to designate 120 million acres of critical habitat for the polar bear in the Arctic.If finalized,this would be the largest,farthest-re

2、aching critical habitat designation since the passing of the Endangered Species Act almost 40 years ago.It comes in response to a years-long Center-led campaign to save polar bears from global warming.The Center also brought about the reversal of 51 illegal Bush-era decisions on endangered species a

3、nd habitats,achieved vital new protections for jaguars and Mexican gray wolves,and secured an Environmental Protection Agency decision that marks the first time in history that the Clean Water Act has been invoked to address the threat of ocean acidification.2009 was a particularly energetic year fo

4、r us a year in which,in the face of an ever-more ironclad scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions in the Earths atmosphere urgently need to be reduced to 350 parts per million or fewer to avoid catastrophic runaway global warming,only a handful of organizations,including the Center,kept u

5、p the pressure for national legislation that adheres to this scientific standard.We believe scientific imperatives not pressure from entrenched commercial interests or the politicians in their thrall need to determine our course of action against catastrophic climate change and the extinction crisis

6、,and that anything less will fail to solve the problem.And were more grateful than ever that you,the Centers core members,believe so strongly in the uncompromising passion we bring,through science,law and media,to saving the richness of biological diversity and the integrity of human life-support sy