Beginning to Repair the Environment

    

     Can we repair our environment? Yes, according to the new plan out of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Dubbed the "Aichi Target", this initiative will target (taken directly from the article):

* to reduce by at least 50 per cent the rate of loss of natural habitats, including forests
* to designate at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water areas, and at least 10 per cent of marine coastal and marine areas as protected;

* to restore at least 15 per cent of degraded areas; and

* to make special efforts to reduce the pressures faced by coral reefs.

     Ambitious, indeed. These are merely four of the twenty objectives. The World Wildlife Federation seemed pretty happy with the plan, but I'm...skeptical. I've heard this type of thing before, and I am speaking from quite the jaded? Shall we say? Angle. Mostly, it's the governments that were involved. I just...I'm apprehensive about this. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely am all for repairing the environment, but when government intervenes sometimes? It can get messy, plainly put. And I'm worried.
     There are MANY things about our environment that needs addressing, but I don't know how, or who to go about it as for now. What is the best method? Is this the best method? Should it be private? Public? Tax-funded? Out of pocket? I don't know! I simply don't know, and that uncertainty is alarming.
     I may be being too dramatic. I may be right. I may be wrong, I don't know. I read the article, but I'm at a loss for an opinion, or any insight. What do you think, reader? What’s the best way to fix our hurtin' environment?
     Think about it, and get back to me.

A Malaysian delegate leaves a room while holding a compromise text proposed by host nation Japan during the UN Convention on Biodiversity meeting in Nagoya, Japan, yesterday. (Photo: AP) 1/1