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Dr. Edgar E. Gutiérrez-Espeleta
President of the 2017 UN Environment Assembly
“Our goal, collectively, must be a pollution-free planet.”
Dr. Edgar Gutiérrez is the Minister of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica and the President of the 2017 UN Environment Assembly. He is an advocate and leader of environmental change and has a particular interest in sustainable development and human security.
Dr. Gutiérrez represented his country, Costa Rica, in United Nations agencies and regional ministerial forums. He led the first two status reports of UN Environment on the environment in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the first environmental report in Central America. In addition, he directed the compilation of environmental data for Latin America and the Caribbean. He also led the National Environmental Strategy of Costa Rica in 2005 in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and Energy.
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An amphibian plague that led to the extinction of 90 species could be prevented using bacteria from surviving frogs.
Researchers have found that some bacteria on the skin of amphibians prevent growth of the fungus responsible for what has been dubbed “the amphibian apocalypse”.
Published in the journal Microbiology, the research identified a number of bacteria which could prevent growth of the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd).