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September 2010 Blog Posts (23)
Saudi Biome Project
I have been travelling to Saudi Arabia for the past few years inline with its
growing interest in renewable energy investment and an increase in
Cultural Tourism and Education within The Kingdom.
Forget stereotype ideologies, Saudi Arabia is driving the region with a huge
increase in inward investment towards sustainable infrastructure and is
striving to… Continue
Added by Phil Pauley on September 30, 2010 at 11:19 — No Comments
War of Climate
Added by Dr Gursharan Singh Kainth on September 30, 2010 at 0:09 — No Comments
Using Dirt to Make Water Clean
Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.
In 2004 Peter Njodzeka founded the Life and Water…
Added by Danielle Nierenberg on September 29, 2010 at 15:52 — No Comments
Is it time to kill off ‘biodiversity’?
Data from Google, graffiti on Wikipedia and a phone call with my Dad all suggest that biodiversity is not the best term to use to raise public awareness of a growing threat to our wellbeing. Read the rest of this blog post at Under the Banyan.
Added by Mike Shanahan on September 28, 2010 at 17:03 — No Comments
Oct 19: Biodiversity Governors’ Summit (BGS) : Satoyama/Satoumi Use and Conservation - Revitalizing Local Communities
Added by Makiko IMAI on September 28, 2010 at 14:34 — No Comments
Arab Countries off-track in achieving biodiversity targets
The unique and highly vulnerable biodiversity of the Arab Region is at serious risk from increased human activities. The main environmental issues of concern over biodiversity in the… Continue
Added by Batir Wardam on September 26, 2010 at 12:58 — No Comments
Research shows growing number of patents on biodiversity in cosmetics
Added by Emma Brooks on September 23, 2010 at 10:30 — No Comments
Putting a Stop to the Spreading Sands
Throughout the Sahel, recurrent drought since the late 1960’s is turning once crop covered land into desert. And the sand is spreading. Picked up by wind, dunes created by soil particles from the West African coastline and the Sahel are covering villages, roads, crops, and… Continue
Added by Danielle Nierenberg on September 22, 2010 at 19:29 — No Comments
Last call for UEBT's Biodiversity Awards!
Added by Emma Brooks on September 22, 2010 at 8:55 — 1 Comment
One step further towards the adoption of the Aichi Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing
One step further towards the adoption of the Aichi Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing
Montreal, 21 September 2010 – Working late into the night, Governments continued to negotiate the core issues for an international protocol on the provision and use of the genetic resources of the planet. The drafting committee… Continue
Added by Mike Shanahan on September 21, 2010 at 22:01 — No Comments
UN General Assembly Event to Spur Action to Stem Further Biodiversity Loss
UN General Assembly Event to Spur Action to Stem Further Biodiversity Loss
With the continued loss of biodiversity representing a major obstacle for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the UN General Assembly will consider strategies for speeding up the implementation of measures to protect and conserve species and ecosystems around the world.
The one-day… Continue
Added by Mike Shanahan on September 21, 2010 at 19:29 — No Comments
Water and Biodiversity research news for policy makers
Over-fishing, pollution and invasive species are all significant threats to aquatic and marine ecosystems and policy measures to protect life in our waters must be scientifically sound in… Continue
Added by Michelle Kilfoyle on September 21, 2010 at 16:34 — No Comments
Talks to finalise new international rules on genetic resources begin today
The new legally binding ‘protocol’ is intended to not only
make it easier for people to use biological resources for commercial, scientific conservation purposes, but also to ensure that any benefits that arise are shared fairly with the… Continue
Added by Mike Shanahan on September 18, 2010 at 4:09 — No Comments
Last chance to salvage new agreement on genetic resources
Hello all,
This Saturday governments are meeting in Montreal for the final negotiations of an international protocol on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing (18-21 September). The protocol is due to be adopted at Nagoya in October. But significant areas of disagreement remain, and unless these are resolved, the protocol will make little difference.
Here is a link to the IIED news item on this, and my IIED…
ContinueAdded by Krystyna Swiderska on September 17, 2010 at 10:30 — No Comments
Kyoto Journal special issue, ``Biodiversity: Japan's Satoyama and Our Shared Future''
Added by Eric Hartley Johnston on September 16, 2010 at 17:09 — No Comments
What gorillas can teach children about being human
Added by Mike Shanahan on September 16, 2010 at 14:39 — No Comments
Innovation of the Week: From the Township Garden to the City Table
Around 1 million people in South Africa—the majority of whom are
recent arrivals from the former apartheid homelands, Transkei and…
Added by Danielle Nierenberg on September 16, 2010 at 13:33 — No Comments
World’s governments set to agree three big boosts for biodiversity and human security
Montreal 15 September 2010. Next month, governments from around the world will gather in Nagoya, Japan to make three key decisions that will determine whether current and future generations continue to benefit from nature’s riches.
On the table is a comprehensive ten-year strategy that – if enacted – would revolutionise the way we manage and interact with the world about us, and… Continue
Added by Mike Shanahan on September 15, 2010 at 20:30 — No Comments
Guillaume Chapron's Nature blog
It's still not too late to contribute to the campaign, and we are still looking for high quality suggestions from scientists and campaigners.
The deadline for submissions is 15 Sept. Please email… Continue
Added by Christine Ottery on September 13, 2010 at 12:48 — No Comments
Good news and good news about biodiversity blogs
It makes a nice change.
First, there are lots of good blogs about many different aspects of biodiversity. Here's my list of old favourites and new discoveries.
Second, there is plenty of space for many new biodiversity blogs to start up and get established. Here are… Continue
Added by Mike Shanahan on September 10, 2010 at 5:00 — No Comments
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