Biodiversity Loss and the Implications for Human Health - June 24, 2008
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Press Release - Biden's Senate Resolution
Senate Resolution
Briefing Videos
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
10:30AM
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 419
Briefing for Senate and House of Representatives (PDF)
Dear Colleague Letter from Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) and Ranking Member Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) along with Senators Evan Bayh (D-IN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Russell Feingold (D-WI, John Kerry (D-MA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Arlen Specter (R-PA), and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).
This briefing is free and open to the public; no reservations are required. For further information, please contact William Niebling in the Office of Senator Biden at 202-224-5042.
The Earth's biodiversity—the rich variety of life on our planet—is threatened by human activity and disappearing at an alarming rate. But what is not widely appreciated is that our health and our lives depend on biodiversity—for human medicines, protection against the emergence and spread of infectious diseases, food production, and much more. This briefing is in preparation for a resolution that will be introduced this week to express the sense of the Senate that the United States should take a leadership role in protecting biodiversity.
The program will include:
Biodiversity: An Overview
Edward O. Wilson Ph.D., University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
Biodiversity and Human Health
Eric Chivian M.D., Director, Center for Health and Global Environment, Harvard Medical School; Shared the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize for co-founding International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Discussion to Follow
WATCH THE BRIEFING VIDEOS (Realplayer)
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