The upcoming 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada
neglect to monitor ongoing environmental impact: VANOC will
violate International Olympic Committee mandate for ecological
sustainability according to the international ecological
monitoring group Guard Fox Watch (GFW). San Francisco,
California USA September 17, 2007 The Vancouver Organizing
Committee (VANOC) must immediately begin implementing a plan to
record baseline measurements at Olympic sites in order to gauge
the effectiveness of its promised “Sustainability Commitment,”
according to Guard Fox Watch, an international environmental
watchdog group. 2010 Winter Olympics organizers are neglecting
to develop a system to measure changes in pollution, energy, and
sewage levels, plant and animal species, soil and water quality,
and natural habitats. Environmental monitoring must continue on
a regular basis prior to the Games, while the Games are in
progress, and after events have concluded. “Without baseline
measurements and an ongoing monitoring op