ECOSYSTEM HEALTH REPORT
April 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHAT poor environmental standards harm people's health is the raison d'etre of environmental health officers committed to improving living conditions across the board. And that the world's environment is becoming ever dirtier and polluted is a universal assumption: but by how much? Well, 60%, that's how much, a new United Nations report has claimed. Its Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) says 60% of the benefits the world's ecosystems provide to support life - such as fresh water, clean air and a relatively stable climate - are being degraded or ...
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