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...which makes for sobering reading. Its conclusions are divided into assessments of five major types of ecosystems--forests, freshwater systems, coastal/marine habitats, grasslands and agricultural lands--and all five are showing signs of deterioration (see the graphics on these pages). The report's maps and charts capture the stunning scale and character of human impact on the planet. One set reveals the degree to which agricultural lands have been degraded around the world by the buildup of salts and the loss of nutrients; another locates oceanic dead zones caused by pollutants flowing to the sea from rivers; another shows...
...results provide an overwhelming case for proceeding with the full-scale assessment next year. Equally important, PAGE is the first time a critical mass of scientists from different disciplines has rallied around the crisis in the planet's ecosystems. Notes Calestous Juma of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government: "If you look at issues like ozone depletion and climate change, there was progress because different scientists pulled together in assessments. That hasn't happened until now in biological systems...
Armed with his firm's new Team Trust Scale, Reina claims he can quantify the staff's improvement...
...Both the Eliot-Kirkland team and the CSG team participated in our Team Trust Scale in February, and it really indicates that we have some statistically sound improvement," he says. "The cooks are a lot more cohesive and they talk through issues. They feel they've got the skills and confidence to talk through issues and that they will be listened...
...ironies of suffering a national tragedy on the scale of Rwanda's is that once the crisis is off the front pages of the world's newspapers, the emergency-relief money stops flowing--precisely when the country needs ever larger foreign contributions to restart a moribund society. Particularly hard hit has been Rwanda's medical establishment, which is grappling with some of the most pressing public-health issues on the planet. At least 11% of the population is HIV positive. Malaria, cholera and other diseases are rampant and periodically spike to epidemic levels. Malnutrition is a chronic problem here...