The US Senate on Friday unanimously passed a resolution declaring May 21st as Endangered Species Day.
The resolution (S. Res. 503) “encourages the people of the United States to become educated about and aware of threats to species, success stories in species recovery and the opportunity to promote species conservation worldwide and to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.”
The resolution was sponsored by Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), along with Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Carl Levin (D-MI), John Kerry (D-MA), and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ.)
This year will be the 5th annual Endangered Species Day. Events will be held at the United States Capitol, United States Botanical Garden, the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Maine Wildlife Park, the Bozeman Fish Hatchery, and many other locations.
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A United Nations report confirms recent media reports that world governments have failed to achieve 2010 targets for slowing the rate of biodiversity loss.
"Natural systems that support economies, lives and livelihoods across the planet are at risk of rapid degradation and collapse unless there is swift, radical and creative action to conserve and sustainably use the variety of life on Earth," the report states.
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