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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10131992 - 1.22 I,aa IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA In the Matter of Declaring ) October 17-25, 1992, WORLD ) RESOLUTION NO. 92/ 685 RAINFOREST WEER in Contra ) Costa County ) I October 1992 marks the sixth annual celebration of World Rainforest Week. A broad spectrum of individuals and groups support and participate in World Rainforest Week, including human rights, consumer action, enviroimental, religious, and labor groups. The tropical forests are important to maintaining climatic balance for the entire world and provide the sole source of refuge for numerous endangered species. Over half of the Earth's species of plants and animals ands over 1000 indigenous tribes populate the rainforests. The National Academy of Sciences estimates that every minute of every day an additiona!1 150 acres of rainforest are destroyed or degraded resulting in a forest the size of the State of Pennsylvania being destroyed each year. Once the rainforests are destroyed, reforestation cannot restore extinct species and the loss of natural diversity. If the clearing of the rainforests is not stopped, all the world rainforests will be destroyed in our lifetime. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors declares the week of 'October 17-25 as WORLD RAINFOREST WEER in Contra Costa County and encourages all residents to take an interest in the plight of our world' s rainforests and to take action to preserve this important resource. PASSED AND ADOPTED ON bctober 13 , 1992, by a unanimous vote of the Board members present. Suhne Wright McPeak, i Tom Powers Robert I. Schro r Nancy anden Tom Torlakson I hereby cer ify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an order entered on the Minutes of said Board of Supervisors on the aforesaid date. i Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of Supervisors affixed this 13th day of October, 1992. I PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County AdminJ:Djuty BClerk Introduced by Supervisor Sunne Wright McPeak', District IV i i i