(United Nations University) Resisting pressures to convert wetlands for agriculture, bio-fuels and hydro-electricity is vital to avoid destroying ecosystems that provide a suite of services essential to humanity, including safe, steady local water supplies, preserving biodiversity and the large-scale capture and storage of climate warming greenhouse gases, according 700 leading world experts concluding a week-long meeting in Cuiaba, Brazil.
cuiaba brazilRising energy, food prices major threats to wetlands as farmers ...http://www.eurekalert.org/rss/business.xml Thu, 07/24/2008 - 23:00
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