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May 2010 Blog Posts (26)
Shrinking Corporate Tumors With Immunogentility
War budgets booming, drills and nukes reviving, health insurers hooting, agro-biz bloating, privacy invasions through the roof - any progressives or patriots out there… Continue
Added by w. david kubiak on May 30, 2010 at 0:00 — No Comments
The sound of the rain
Added by Lucy Calderón Pineda on May 29, 2010 at 19:37 — No Comments
Big Bodies vs. the Biosphere (an urgent wake-up call to the NGO community...)
In the fog of war, climate chaos and economic ruin, the import of the United Nations' COP10 biodiversity treaty conference in Nagoya in October 2010 may be easily overlooked. Given the mighty array of corporate forces now encircling this treaty's premises, that could prove a huge mistake.
Like the Copenhagen-jubilant corporate climate lobby before them, the big corporate bodies… Continue
Added by w. david kubiak on May 29, 2010 at 17:48 — No Comments
Earth Survey Project - Please Participate!!
and I try to keep current with all relevant issues such as energy,
climate change, biodiversity conservation, ecotourism, sustainability,
etc. I have a B.S. degree in wildlife biology, and have worked as a
zookeeper, wildlife biologist, and ecologist. I am conducting a brief
survey of world leaders, government officials, religious leaders,
corporate CEOs, environmental groups, wildlife experts,… Continue
Added by Jeremy Taylor on May 29, 2010 at 0:56 — 1 Comment
Guatemala is covered by volcanic ashes
Guatemalan citizens are helping to clean the streets, but unfortunately, many people have lost their houses. The international La Aurora airport is closed, and also are two dead persons, including a TV journalist.
The volcano is 2.552 meters high, is located in the southern parth of the country, about 50 kilometers from the Guatemala City.
Added by Lucy Calderón Pineda on May 28, 2010 at 16:00 — No Comments
2020VISION The BIG new conservation photography project
conservation initiative ever! 20 of the UK’s top wildlife and
nature photographers have come together with leading conservation
partners to document the value of restoring Britain’s degraded
ecosystems. Over the course of 20 months, the 2020 Phototeam will carry
out 20 flagship assignments, which demonstrate the link between healthy
ecosystems and healthy people.
The project was officially launched… Continue
Added by Wild Media Foundation on May 28, 2010 at 16:00 — No Comments
Short GBO 3 guide for small island developing states and launch of beta version of the Global islands database
Anyone wanting a copy of this guide can find it available here: http://www.cbd.int/island/activities.shtml.
The guide is organised against relevant… Continue
Added by Kate Brown on May 27, 2010 at 17:58 — No Comments
NGOs call for strong safeguards in efforts to halt deforestation to help address climate change
CARE and WWF made the call as country delegates head to Oslo for Thursday’s Climate and Forest Conference to ensure that any efforts to combat climate change by reducing forest loss take into account impacts on people and the… Continue
Added by Melissa Tupper on May 26, 2010 at 17:31 — No Comments
Ecosystem Services research news for policy makers
Group members may be interested in reading the special issue of Science for Environment Policy which focuses on Ecosystem Services. It can be downloaded, free, from http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/20si.pdf
Damage to the natural…
ContinueAdded by Michelle Kilfoyle on May 26, 2010 at 10:36 — No Comments
Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 Launch - Video News Release
Added by ken pugh on May 25, 2010 at 18:15 — No Comments
biodiversity meeting in Mauritania
For any questions It will be my pleasure to help.
Added by Jedna DEIDA on May 25, 2010 at 16:20 — No Comments
One year after Aila disaster/ Scarcity of water still persists in Bangladesh's southwestern areas
Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.
The mariner’s agony as described by poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge has become hard truth for the Aila-hit Bangladeshi villagers living along the coastal line in…
ContinueAdded by Rafiqul Islam Azad on May 25, 2010 at 16:00 — No Comments
UN: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/21/un-biodiversity-economic-report
and associated link, including one to some of the problematic issues with valuing nature (clearly a lot more could be written on this!):
>… Continue
Added by Juliette Jowit on May 24, 2010 at 17:24 — No Comments
The National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) published a report on communicating science related to marine reserves.
Added by Ana Claudia Nepote on May 24, 2010 at 15:27 — No Comments
UN Biodiversity Meeting Nairobi May 24-28
Added by Stephen Leahy on May 24, 2010 at 10:06 — No Comments
Biodiversity and the poor
At SciDev.Net, we've put up a couple of interesting news/commentary relevant to biodiversity and the poor in the last few days--
News about a study from Kenya that finds fishermen benefit from closed fishing areas and equipment restrictions but acceptance is still an issue. http://www.scidev.net/en/news/fishing-restrictions-bring-better-catches-says-study.html
An… Continue
Added by sian lewis on May 24, 2010 at 9:32 — No Comments
Giles Crosse Sustainability Journalist
I've written internationally on Biodiversity and Sustainability for the past ten years. My goal is to spread international knowledge and bring media attention to these key issues wherever possible. Please let me know whenever you have any worthy news stories, research, ideas, contexts that could gather media attention. Then I can pitch ideas into mainstream media.
I'm also delighted to get involved in writing for any organisations that require content creation in… Continue
Added by Giles Crosse on May 21, 2010 at 13:02 — No Comments
Internationale Tag der biologischen Vielfalt
BfN Pressemitteilung
Bonn, 17. Mai 2010: Am kommenden Pfingstsamstag (22. Mai 2010) ist der Internationale Tag der biologischen Vielfalt. Diesen Tag hat das Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN) in Kooperation mit dem…
ContinueAdded by Wilfried Lintker jr. on May 19, 2010 at 21:25 — 2 Comments
Losing the will to live and let live
Reflecting on the findings of the Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 report, launched last week in Kenya, Tom asks what proportion of the planet’s natural systems should be… Continue
Added by Mike Shanahan on May 19, 2010 at 17:00 — No Comments
Sustainable-Use Group
Sustainable-Use
Convention on Biological Diversity
Article 1. Objectives: The objectives of this Convention, to be pursued in accordance with its relevant provisions, are the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of the…
ContinueAdded by Steve Gluck on May 18, 2010 at 14:00 — No Comments
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