Polar Bears

Local volunteers take measurements and check for injuries on a giant leatherback turtle as she lays her eggs in Plaplaya, Honduras in this April 10, 2002 file photo. In 2010 - the International Year of Biodiversity - the United Nations wants efforts to slow the accelerating pace of extinctions to reach beyond nature lovers, to companies and economists. Shifting emphasis from emotional images of polar bears, pandas or leatherbacks that stress the fragility and beauty of nature, the focus is on a harder-headed assessment of how the natural world is a key to economic growth and new products. To match feature ENVIRONMENT/BIODIVERSITY REUTERS/Daniel Leclair/Files