European butterfly species on red alert. A survey conducted by the UK’s Butterfly Conservation has found under-average populations of the winged species across 100 sites in the United Kingdom. Moreover, along with a loss of habitat and declines due to pollution, three consecutive summers of wet weather have posed difficulty for the delicate insects
to fly out to find nectar and foster their young.
Head of monitoring at Butterfly Conservation Dr. Tom Brereton said that some species could be lost forever if the country experiences yet another wet summer this year.
The European Commission also just released the European Red List, which revealed that certain butterflies, dragonflies and beetles are not only threatened in Europe, but are also at risk of global extinction.
We thank Dr. Brereton, Butterfly Conservation and European Commission scientists for highlighting the perilous state of our butterfly and other winged friends.
Let us move quickly toward more conscious and compassionate lifestyles to restore the conditions for these wondrous species to flourish once more. As part of her frequent endeavors to safeguard the lives of all beings, Supreme Master Ching Hai again emphasized the need for action to alleviate lobal warming during
an April 2009 videoconference in South Korea.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: Now, we all can see that nature is changing because of global warming, and the animals are directly affected as well. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has a list called the Red List that shows the species actually disappearing from the planet.
At the end of 2008, the IUCN was monitoring a total of 45,000 species and said that 40% were threatened with extinction. It is difficult even to imagine this kind of loss.
Supreme Master Ching Hai : We should all remember that we share this planetary abode, the water, the air, the resources, the food, all of nature, we share only. We should not be possessive of nature.
So, the best thing we can do for the birds and all the animals is to stop causing suffering to them, stop killing them, stop eating them, stop damaging all our habitats. Stop damaging our environment.
Be veg, go green and save their planet too, the planet of the animals.
Thank you so much for all you have done and doing.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/7368141/Five-species-of-butterfly-in-danger-of-extinction.htmlhttp://www.theportugalnews.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?id=1053-20Asia invests in low carbon initiatives. In a Climate Investment Funds international meeting that concluded on Friday, March 19 held at the Asian Development Bank headquarters in Manila, Philippines, climate finance was discussed for one of the first times since the Copenhagen summit last December.
The meeting concluded with plans in place for US$41 billion in financing for projects such as a Clean Technology Fund investment in Colombia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, as well as a Forest Investment Program in Ghana, Zambia, Nepal, Burkina Faso, Indonesia, Laos and Peru.
Such endeavors will benefit indigenous and local communities while furthering resource conservation and sustainability. Climate Investment Fund, Asian Development Bank and all donors, Heaven bless your benevolence in helping mitigate climate change through these eco-friendly projects.
May such green efforts bear fruit in helping renew our harmony with the Earth.
http://www.southkoreanews.net/story/614113 http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2010/03/20/ghana-others-benefit-from-40b-asia-low-carbon-initiative/US-based Magnetic Air Cars, Inc. employs the principles of a 1932 air car designed by J.M. Custer, using inexpensive technology to compress air while the car is in motion, resulting in a zero emissions vehicle with potentially unlimited driving range.
http://magneticaircars.com/news.htmSaying that climate change is among the most comprehensive challenges being faced by the world today, UN Environmental Program Executive Director Achim Steiner calls for rapid action now before it reaches crisis proportions.
http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/60714/2010/02/19-173819-1.htm http://www.afrol.com/articles/35713Researchers as the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory create “light louvers” that can be suspended in a window to magnify natural light and extend it into a room, thus reducing the need for electricity-generated illumination.
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/03/04/nrel-building-uses-light-louvers-to-reduce-need-for-electric-lighting/A recent study by an international group of scientists affirms that severe climate change and not a meteorite previously thought, led to the mass extinction of dinosaurs and other species some 65 million years ago.
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2010/03/19/Study-Climate-stress-killed-dinosaurs/UPI-49171269025560/ http://www.fr-online.de/in_und_ausland/wissen_und_bildung/aktuell/2442059_Dauerstress-durch-Klimaschwankungen.html
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