BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINING LIFE CAMPAIGN

Early day motion 1611, tabled 19 May 2008 by Lord Blencathra (Conservative). Signed by 33 members.

That this House is alarmed at the research contained in the newly published report Sustaining Life compiled by 100 experts which claims that a potential new generation of drugs made from natural resources will be lost forever unless the world acts to stop biodiversity loss; notes that this book points out seven groups that could be particularly valuable to medicine: amphibians, bears, cone snails, sharks, primates, horseshoe crabs and gymnosperms; and is concerned that frog glue, which could repair cartilage and other tissue tears in humans, is at risk due to climatic changes which have led to habitat loss and mutations in frogs.

Signatures by party: Labour 15, Liberal Democrat 7, Conservative 6, Scottish National Party 2, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.