Center for Biological Diversity2014年年度报告.pdf

1、CENTER for BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYANNUAL REPORT2014OUR PLACE IN THE WILDWhen we protect wild places and the Center for Biological Diversity has now achieved the designation of more than 470 million acres of“critical habitat”we help protect the animals and plants that live near them as well as those tha

2、t live within protected areas.And some of those animals quite a few,in fact are us.With our ideological tendency to hold human beings apart from other animals and from the wild,we sometimes forget how closely our wellbeing is linked to the integrity of the Earths biological systems.We couldnt even b

3、reathe without abundant vegetation and healthy oceans;trees and other land plants produce about half the oxygen that makes out atmosphere livable,while the oceans phytoplankton produce the other.And in the era of climate change,denying the profound dependence of people upon the rest of the natural w

4、orld is once again becoming impossible just as it was in the days before the Industrial Revolution distanced us from the rhythms of day and night,weather and seasons.Increasingly were being brought face to face with a stark physical reality:We have exactly one world,with a delicate balance of life-s

5、upport systems.So at the Center weve been working more and more intently to address major social drivers of environmental problems,because if we dont take on those root causes,we wont have a serious shot at damming the cascade of species extinctions or averting the worst effects of global warming.Ou

6、r Population and Sustainability program was the first major step in this direction,and in 2014 we took our second:forming the Environmental Health program,aimed at reducing toxins in the environment,from pesticides to fracking pollution to coal and lead,that hurt both people and wildlife.Human healt