Earth’s Frontiers’biodiversity debate on CNN!
Wednesday 25th of August at 18h30 – Earth’s Frontiers’biodiversity debate on CNN International.
Transmission Times:
Earth’s Frontiers ‘ biodiversity debate airs Wednesday 25th August at 0930 and 1730 BST; Saturday 28th August 0930, 1530 and 2130 BST; Sunday 29th August at 0630 and 1830 BST; Monday 30th August at 0430 BST on CNN International.
“… CNN International’s Earth’s Frontiers’ Debate Asks: Is the loss of planet’s biodiversity a greater threat than climate change?
Over the next fortnight, CNN International focuses on biodiversity and brings viewers a special edition of Earth’s Frontiers airing from Wednesday 25th August. CNN anchor Becky Anderson presents the latest debate in the series direct from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – an international centre of biodiversity research – in London. On the panel are champions of the environment Ahmed Djoghlaf, UN Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, environmentalist Phillipe Cousteau, Paul Smith, Director of the Millennium Seed Bank at Kew Gardens and Jon Williams, Head of Biodiversity for PriceWaterhouseCoopers to discuss why we can no longer afford to ignore the greatest threat to our planet, the loss of our biodiversity.
“Biodiversity is life,” comments Dr. Djoghlaf, “and we are losing our biodiversity 1,000 times the natural or background rate… with each raised degree of the earth’s temperature we lose 10 per cent of our biodiversity. It is a greater threat to our planet than climate change.”
“We are ignoring our natural assets and we do not value econonomically our natural resources,” says Jon Williams. “Governments should release that the loss of their biodiversity equates to a loss in the GDP of that country.”
The debate on CNN International’s Earth’s Frontiers offers viewers the opportunity to find out the critical importance of maintaining our eco systems and why individuals, big businesses and governments can no longer ignore this grave challenge that threatens the future of our planet and our very existence.
For two weeks, CNN International’s weekday primetime show Connect The World also features an Earth’s Frontiers segment each day which promises to bring viewers reports from across the planet, delving deep in to the Amazon, exploring fragile eco systems, oil eating enzymes, biomimicry and more to highlight the pressing problems that face our planet and possible solutions to preserve our precious natural resources… more info under www.cnn.com/earthsfrontiers …”
