César Chavez Day celebrates an extraordinary civil rights and environmental justice leader. Chávez (1927-1993) pioneered efforts to protect farmworkers, notably through a 1988 hunger strike that exposed the devastating impacts of pesticides on human health and the environment.

Despite progress, this fight continues. Pesticides still poison an estimated 20,000 U.S. farmworkers annually, disproportionately affecting Latino and other minority, low-income communities. The Center for Biological Diversity continues this critical work. Learn more by reading our report on glyphosate use in California: http://ow.ly/10642v

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking environmental documentary. It follows a filmmaker uncovering the planet's most destructive industry and why leading environmental organizations avoid discussing it. The film was published on June 6, 2014.

Produced by Kip Anderson and Keegan Kuhn, it is an Animals United Movement (A.U.M.) production.

A Western conservation effort to protect the sage grouse, a bird known for its unusual mating call, has sparked conflict among environmental interests. This story was published on July 22, 2014.

Produced by Kassie Bracken and Ben Laffin, the full article is available here.

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Amed Jkoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, emphasizes the critical importance of biodiversity. He warns that its rapid loss, occurring at an unprecedented pace globally and locally, poses a severe threat to our environment, economies, cultures, and societies.

This degradation fundamentally alters our self-perception and place in the world. Human impact on biodiversity, ecosystems, and climate continues to grow, yet the complex and diverse services flowing from biodiversity are often unknown and undervalued.

Jean-Pierre Quignard, an Ichthyology professor, discusses the severe consequences of warming Mediterranean waters. He candidly admits that as a fish researcher, he sees no solutions to the climate change modifications impacting his field.

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