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Science 4 February 2005:
Vol. 307. no. 5710, p. 657
DOI: 10.1126/science.307.5710.657c
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PARIS--Researchers from around the world have endorsed a call by French President Jacques Chirac for a new international organization for biodiversity research--akin to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)--that would sift through the science and identify priorities for nations. An IPCC-like agency could provide the field with a stronger, unified voice, says Michael Loreau of Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, who chaired the scientific committee of a UNESCO meeting held here last week.

The 1500 scientists and politicians attending the meeting had little to celebrate. The loss of species continues apace, and a 2002 goal of achieving a "significant reduction" in the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010 appears doomed. Besides more science, "we also need action--now," says Loreau.




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