I've added my name to an international group of individuals supporting a very simple goal at the 2010 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) negotiations in Nagoya, Japan this October:
We must protect and effectively manage at least 25 percent of Earth's land and inland waters and 15 percent of marine ecosystems by 2020.
http://www.conservation.org/conferences/cbd/Pages/cbd_1525_petition.aspx
We can’t protect life without also protecting the places where it lives. Currently, only 12.9% of the world’s terrestrial areas are under formal protection. Less than 1% of the oceans are protected.
We can do better. We must urge global leaders to take a powerful stand. This October, world leaders will gather in Nagoya, Japan, for negotiations on the global Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The attendees of this meeting have the power to take binding action to preserve life around the world.
http://www.conservation.org/conferences/cbd/Pages/cbd_1525_petition.aspx
