Concerned by the continued loss of biological diversity, and acknowledging that an unprecedented effort would be needed to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction in the rate of loss of biological diversity,

Concerned by the continued loss of biological diversity, and acknowledging that an unprecedented effort would be needed to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction in the rate of loss of biological diversity,

Implement the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Johannesburg commitment to significantly reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010

Deeply concerned by the social, economic, environmental and cultural implications of the loss of biodiversity, including negative impacts on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and stressing the necessity to adopt concrete measures in order to reverse it,

The Forum and the Conference of Parties to the Convention have addressed loss of forest biological diversity and collaboration between the Convention and the Forum.

Another serious concern is loss of biodiversity, which is occurring at an unprecedented rate within and across countries.

He highlighted the unprecedented loss of biodiversity, severely undermining health, livelihoods, food production and clean water, and increasing the vulnerability of populations to natural disasters and climate change.

To reverse these trends, all Governments should take steps, individually and collectively, to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity8 and the Johannesburg commitment to achieve a significant reduction in the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010.9

For many Parties, climate change would reduce land cover, displace change ecosystems and species composition, and lead to loss of biodiversity.

For example, habitat fragmentation of tropical rainforests in Euramerica 300 million years ago led to a great loss of amphibian diversity, but simultaneously the drier climate spurred on a burst of diversity among reptiles.

In that regard, he welcomed the resolve of the international community to fulfil its commitments to significantly reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010.

On the whole, combating desertification yields multiple local and global benefits and helps mitigate biodiversity loss and human induced global climate change.

Deforestation Deforestation is a major concern for Ethiopia as studies suggest loss of forest contributes to soil erosion, loss of nutrients in the soil, loss of animal habitats and reduction in biodiversity.

Because decreased biodiversity results in less resistant crops and loss of ecosystem services, pest infestations and weather variability increase agricultural stresses.

They will not disappoint.

Loosing families and homes

Loss of well being Kuwait also seeks compensation for loss of well being (i.e., reduced quality of life) of persons suffering from PTSD.

Now hearing loss and the treatment for hearing loss has really evolved in the past 200 years.

Everything's gone, the loss of your culture, the loss of your family, all these things have a big impact.

And today, we are in a situation where we estimate that we've transgressed three boundaries, the rate of biodiversity loss, which is the sixth extinction period in the history of humanity one of them being the extinctions of the dinosaurs nitrogen and climate change.

Loss of indigenous languages

Moreover, a rare syndrome called psychogenic amnesia is sometimes confused with traumatic amnesia.

India is a good place to do such an experiment in, because we have all the ethnic diversities, all the you know, the genetic diversity, all the racial diversities, and also all the socio economic diversities.

Fadil was reported missing.

Deletion is the loss of genetic material.

Loss of links to traditional territories

7.4 Loss of Niger nationality

A diversity of...everything

Even without speciation, the same outcome could occur through a loss of genetic diversity If everyone selected the same traits for their offspring, their descendants would be incapable of surviving a sudden, unexpected environmental challenge.

Losing a language is losing a whole culture, a way of thinking. It happens with most languages which are in danger, not only with us.

(i) loss of life or personal injury

Duration depends on the etiology of the vision loss.

... She was a hero.

The Price of Biodiversity

Marine biodiversity

The Biodiversity Bargain

Ms. Holguín (Colombia) recalled the commitment undertaken at the World Summit on Sustainable Development to ensure more coherent implementation of the three Convention objectives and to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction in the loss of biodiversity and allocate additional financial and technical resources to developing countries.

The goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity are the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of the components of biological diversity, and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources.

You think it's bad to lose one arm?

Loss of nationality upon the voluntary acquisition of the nationality of another State

Losing touch with that wisdom was, perhaps, understandable.

Many say that they are afraid of losing their jobs.

Significant weight loss is a bad sign.

Population loss during WW I was approximately 350,000.

(h) Convention on Biological Diversity