Biodiversity loss can lead to human extinction. Unfortunately, this threat has not attracted enough leadership, public and media attention to generate a concerted effort to halt the rate of biodiversity loss.
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This lack of awareness is attributed to the dearth of information campaigns and materials on the values of biodiversity. To help fill this gap, the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) and its partners are launching the ASEAN Champions of Biodiversity – a recognition program for outstanding achievements in biodiversity Conservation and advocacy in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam).
More Fertile Imagination: 'Nature Deficit Disorder' Gains Traction
by Peter Ker Sydney Morning Herald March 19, 2010
Revealing the inspiration behind his latest epic, Avatar, legendary filmmaker James Cameron recently described himself as a ''nature geek'', and said modern humans were suffering a degree of ''nature deficit disorder''.
It may not be a medically recognised condition, but ''nature deficit disorder'' is a concept gaining traction with childhood and behavioural experts around the world.
Afflicting those in hard, urban environments deprived of nature's randomness and balance, it is a challenge facing cities such as Melbourne, whose children will grow up with rising urban density and pressure for open space.
"Blessings on those who dare to revision the foundations of our common life. Strength, endurance, and quick-firing synapses to those bold minds, as they confront the Big Bodies now dominating our society and despoiling our planet. The work of insight and reconceptualization may seem lonely at times and abstract, but it benefits all beings, for it is essential to the Great Turning to a sustainable civilization." -- Joanna Macy
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