Doha conference calls attention to endangered species. Delegates from around the world met at a UN sponsored Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) forum in Doha, Qatar to discuss measures for further protection of endangered species such as the polar bear, bluefin tuna, tiger, rhinoceros and shark.
The meeting came as conservationists warn of a wider biodiversity that is rapidly on the decline. Dr. Stuart Simon of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature stated that species are currently vanishing faster than they can evolve.
In England alone, nearly 500 species have died out, almost all in the last two centuries. Another topic discussed was the illegal trafficking of exotic animals such as lions, leopards and primates, with cruel practices that include drugging or even removing their teeth for placement in unnatural conditions such as
the extreme confinement required for public entertainment or display.
CITES Secretary-General Willem Wijnstekers urged for governments to pass more stringent laws to curb practices as these. We thank Dr. Stuart, CITES Secretary-General Wijnstekers and all conference participants for your factual observations as we join your concern and pray that humans of every nation act now in choosing more harmonious lifestyles to protect the cherished species of our planet.
As during an October 2009 videoconference in Indonesia, Supreme Master Ching Hai has often addressed the need for action to halt the tragic suffering and loss of our animal co-inhabitants.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: In our society, the law only punishes someone who has done something wrong to the society. The animals, they have never done us any wrong. They live their life quietly, they’re eating whatever God provides them, they don’t harm us in any way. Even if in some cases they do, it’s because we destroy their habitats, because they have nowhere to live, they have no more food in nature for them to eat.
Now we are at the point where we must change while there is still time, otherwise we will face disastrous consequences and we might lose the whole world, our lives altogether.
So please, everyone, plant veg, be veg and we can go green later when we’ve already saved the planet.
http://www.theage.com.au/world/experts-warn-species-loss-is-unnatural-20100308-psre.htmlhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2010/mar/15/common-english-species-driven-towards-extinctionhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/georgemonbiothttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/paula-crossfield/cites-biodiversity-loss-a_b_502180.htmlhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2010/mar/15/common-english-species-driven-towards-extinctionhttp://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jevDJg208yKfWqIXsudEh0psa3RgD9EG7MG81 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=112824 Lights go out for Earth Hour. On Saturday, March 27, millions of people around the world turned off their lights for the fourth annual Earth Hour. Organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the global event is intended as a symbolic awareness raising about the urgent need to save the planet from climate change.
From famous landmarks in major cities to government buildings, offices, and homes, lights were dimmed across 120 countries for one hour starting at 8:30 pm. Supreme Master Television’s global correspondents tell us what exciting landmarks went dark for a brighter future, starting with Australia.
Sydney, Australia Correspondent (F): Greetings from Sydney, Australia. We are here celebrating Earth Hour with a candlelight vigil on Observatory Hill. The Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Sydney Opera House, Luna Park and Centrepoint Tower will all turn off their lights.
Miriam – Organizer of candlelight vigil, Sydney (F): We’ve called this vigil tonight a “Vigil of Light and Hope,” to get together and talk with loved ones and friends and other people of common mind about what there is to hope for and how we can move forward.
Participant (M): It is our generation to reduce climate change and if we don’t do it, it’s going to finish us all off. It has to be up to us, and Earth Hour is a great example of how this can be done.
Brisbane, Australia Correspondent (M): G’Day from Brisbane, Australia. We are here at the famous Story Bridge where the lights will soon be going out as the people of Brisbane observe Earth Hour 2010.
The people of Brisbane and the Brisbane City Council are great supporters of Earth Hour.
Campbell Newman – Lord Mayor of Brisbane (M): G’ Day! My name is Campbell Newman and I am the Lord Mayor of the City of Brisbane. And we are very excited about Earth Hour to particularly build awareness in our community about how they can reduce their electricity consumption and CO2 emissions, perhaps even more importantly in these tough economic times save a lot of money.
Brisbane, Australia Correspondent (M): And the lights here have gone out on the Story Bridge here in Brisbane, Australia, kicking off Earth Hour 2010. This is Brisbane Australia, Supreme Master Television signing off.
VOICE: Let’s now go to Asia, where many governments and co-citizens joined in Earth Hour.
Beijing, China Correspondent (F): Friends of Supreme Master Television, halo! I am now in Beijing. Behind me is the China National Stadium, the Bird's Nest.
Today, Beijing’s Imperial Palace (Forbidden City) and many of China's landmark buildings are joining the ranks for the first time to turn off their lights for one hour.
There are also many secondary school teachers and students who have come here to experience the lights out for the one hour event concerning the Earth's environment, global warming. Together, let us turn off the lights, light up hope.
Group – Beijing, China (M,F): Earth Hour, one hour of hope!
Formosan Correspondent (F): In a few minutes, Taipei 101, the skyscraper behind me, and the Presidential Office Building will turn off their lights.
Over 1,000 people are gathering around the Taipei City Government Building, marching with LED lights on their hands.
Indigenous Formosan (F): I want to use this song to call on people to save energy in our daily life. (Group chants) Be veg, go green, save the planet!
Singapore Correspondent (F): I’m standing in front of ION Orchard, a mega shopping mall in Singapore where the lights are going to go off at 8:30 sharp.
Singapore Correspondent (F): As you can see behind me, the lights have gone off!
VOICE: As city after city skyline blended into the night, soon it was Europe’s turn to switch off the lights.
German Correspondent (F): I’m here at the Sendlinger Tor (Sendlinger Gate) in Munich, reporting for Supreme Master Television from Germany.
Alexandra Heiz – Munich Department for Health and Environment (F): The city halls will be dark, the towers of the Frauenkirche (Cathedral of Our Blessed Lady), the Theatine Church and several smaller churches.
Sam Vanderplas Climate expert WWF, Belgium (M): We are standing at the Atomium, symbol of our country. Within a few minutes the lights will go out here in relationship to the worldwide action, Earth Hour.
Citizens – Brussels, Belgium (F): For us it is actually something marvelous, really something that brings everyone together.
Joke Schauvliege – Flemish Minister for Environment, Nature and Culture, Belgium (F): It is also a demonstration of our solidarity and I think that this solidarity, all together, to go for it shoulder to shoulder, will be important when the lights will go on again after an hour and real attention is asked for the climate.
VOICE: Finally, the last wave of cities observed Earth Hour in the Americas.
Chicago, Illinois Correspondent (F): I'm standing in downtown Chicago. The famous Chicago Theatre marquee will be turned off in a moment to kick off Earth Hour 2010.
More than 200 buildings in downtown Chicago will turn off their lights for this global event, signifying Chicagoans’efforts to save our beautiful planet by reducing greenhouse emissions.
Group as theatre turns off: 3, 2, 1
Joyce Coffee - Director of Project Development Policy and Research, Chicago Department of Environment (F): When we think about Earth Hour and what we might do when we go home, we can reflect on our opportunities to be a member of the change community.
Joyce Coffee (F): One of the most important messages that Earth Hour gives is that climate change action has everything to do with individual choices. And for me, one the most important individual choices is to eat lower on the food chain. I really believe that if we all ate more soy and vegetable products, we’d not only be really helping the planet but also living healthier and happier lives.
VOICE: Our hats off and big thanks all organizers, governments, and world citizens who participated in Earth Hour 2010! May this united action of humankind be an encouragement that together, by being veg and going green, we can save our planetary home.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jTPC5ic6tJh9PiHscwgOANkJ17-wD9ENBEPO0 http://www.euronews.net/newswires/200925-earth-hour-2010-gets-underway-in-australia-pacific-islands/ Extra NewsTiny caterpillars, believed to be the world’s first known amphibious insects, are discovered by US scientists and demonstrate what they believe is an example of parallel evolution, in which unrelated species develop similarly by living close to each other.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7497374/Worlds-first-amphibious-insects-discovered.htmlFormosa (Taiwan) pledges to assist in helping mitigate South Pacific island Kiribati’s rising sea levels and protect from their damaging effects.
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aALL&ID=201003220015 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=143&art_id=nw20100323114933741C288321A recent audit under New Zealand’s Dairying and Clean Streams Accord revealed that dairy farms in compliance have dropped to the lowest number yet, prompting Green Party Co-Leader Dr. Russel Norman to call for government regulations to halt their polluting effects.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00258.htm http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10632786Southwest China’s prolonged drought has led to a steep rise in prices for goods such as flowers, tea, herbs, fruit and grain, while quality has diminished.
http://en.ce.cn/National/Local/201003/23/t20100323_21163952.shtml
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