Critics also said the report fails to provide an economic rationale for the projects.
He said the report "fails to confront major moral issues" and "minimises the reality of suffering".
The report fails to acknowledge that Goldfarb is not an objective observer in this case.
However, the report fails to raise questions about the UN's own accountability in situations such as these.
But the report fails to fully make the case and there is a profound sense of unfinished business.
On one hand, she notes, the report fails to provide any ranking for its laundry list of laudable aims.
"The report fails to illuminate the risks from a variety of areas, it ignores some the greatest uses of neonicotinoids," said Paul Towers, spokesman for the Pesticide Action Network.
What the report fails to mention, however, is that the primary root cause of most of the remaining hunger in the world is the severe subjugation of women.
"It is regrettable that the report fails to recognise the profound difference between Israel's moral behaviour during Operation Protective Edge and the terror organisations it confronted".
Yet I cannot help feeling that even the grim picture painted in the report fails to capture fully the daunting difficulties that confront the environment today.
