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The Global Biodiversity Assessment directed by the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) calls for urgent action to
reverse the effects of unsustainable human activities on global
biodiversity, including but not limited to the following...
337
Ski Runs
350
Grazing of Livestock: cows, sheep, goats, horses
351
Disturbance of the Soil Surface - Page 350 Large hoofed animals, compaction of soil, reducing filtration
351
Fencing of Pastures or Paddocks
728
Agriculture
728
Modern Farm Production Systems
728
Chemical Fertilizers
728
Herbicides
728
Building Materials
730
Industrial Activities
730
Human-Made caves of brick and mortar, concrete and steel
730
Paved and Tarred roads, highways, rails (page 351)
730
Railroads
730
Floor and Wall Tiles
733
Aquaculture
733
Technology Improvements
733
Farmlands, Rangelands
733
Pastures, Rangelands
733
Pastures
733
Fish Ponds
733
Plantations
738
Modern Hunting
738
Harvesting of Timber
749
Logging Activities
728
Fossil Fuels - Used for driving various kinds of machines
755
Dams, Reservoirs, Straightening Rivers
757
Power Line Construction
763
Economic systems that fail to set a proper value on the environment
763
Inappropriate Social Structures
763
Weaknesses in Legal and Institutional Systems
766, 838
Modern Attitudes toward nature - Judaeo-Christian-Islamic religions
767, 782
Private Property
771
Population Growth - Human Population Density
773
Consumerism and population figures
774
Fragmentation of Habitat - cemeteries, derelict lands, rubbish tips, etc.
774
Sewers, Drain Systems, Pipelines
783
Land use that serves human needs
969
Fisheries
970
Golf Courses
970
Scuba Diving
728
Synthetic drugs
990
Fragmentation - Agricultural development, Forestry Urbanization (impervious surfaces)
The above list is comprised of summary excerpts from the hard copy
edition of the UNEP Global Biodiversity Assessment Report. Here are
scanned copies of this list and if you continue to scroll down the pdf,
you will see the actual referenced pages from the Global Biodiversity
Assessment :
PAGE REFERENCES from "The Global Biodiversity Assessment" <scanned article and relevant pages
http://www.freedomadvocates.org/images/pdf/Unsustainables_UN_Global_Bio_Div_Assess_95_Pages.pdf
http://www.freedomadvocates.org/images/pdf/Unsustainables_UN_Global_Bio_Div_Assess_95_TOC.pdf For more internet information, one can view the UN Global Biodiversity link: http://earthwatch.unep.ch/biodiversity/assessment.php. However, the page numbers referred to above will not match the internet version.
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