International body will organise global response to protect ecosystems ‘that underpin all life – including economic life’
Read the full story on the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/11/un-ipcc-for-nature-biodiversity
UN’s ‘IPCC for nature’ to fight back against destruction of natural world
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