BC Species at Risk

TV News Story - Alarming Global Extinction Rate

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

 

This is a TV news story about a scientific report out of Mexico that shows that global extinction rates are 100 times the natural level. The Wilderness Committee's Gwen Barlee is interviewed for this story. Despite the extinction crisis BC still has no provincial endangered species law.

 

 

Prioritizing biodiversity in B.C. means a strong species law!

Demand a new law that manages how biodiversity and ecosystems are cared for and holds industry to a higher standard.

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