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November 2010 Blog Posts (21)
Fight for the Peruvian Amazon
Added by Andrew Gordon-Maclean on November 30, 2010 at 10:48 — No Comments
Gathering the Food Growing at our Feet
After many years of studying invasive plant species in Patagonia, Argentina, Dr. Eduardo Rapoport, Professor at the Universidad Nacional Del Camohue, realized that many of the “pests” he was caataloging were edible. “I found that, especially in areas disturbed by man, such as roads, back lots, and gardens, there are a great deal of unintentional food sources.” As a result, Dr. Rapoport found himself looking at these “pests, invaders, and weeds,” in a…
ContinueAdded by Danielle Nierenberg on November 24, 2010 at 23:43 — No Comments
Protest against attempted murder and beating up of journalists and activists in Russia
Mr. Dmitry Medvedev, president of the Russian Federation
Mr. Vladimir Putin, prime minister of the Russian Federation
Russian police and investigators
24 November, 2010
PROTEST AGAINST ATTEMPTED MURDER AND BEATING UP OF JOURNALISTS AND ACTIVISTS IN RUSSIA
Added by Kruno Kartus on November 24, 2010 at 11:00 — No Comments
Fishing for Metrics
In 1998, Dan Pauly et al. of the University of British Columbia publisheda classic paper called "Fishing Down Marine Food Webs." They reported that humans were steadily depleting oceans of the top predators in the food web and working our way down the…
Added by Noam Ross on November 20, 2010 at 5:39 — No Comments
Apparently, there's nothing left to learn about ecosystem services
In a new paper in Ecological Economics, Mark Sagoff criticizes ecologists for trying to find general, broadly applicable values for ecosystem services. Real values, Sagoff argues, are "dispersed, contingent, particular, local, transitory, and embedded in institutions and practices." He cites an…
ContinueAdded by Noam Ross on November 18, 2010 at 1:12 — No Comments
Putting Classroom Theory into Practice
“The idea was to bring a lot of expertise from the corporate world to help young social start ups,” says Fred
Rose when asked…
Added by Danielle Nierenberg on November 17, 2010 at 18:58 — No Comments
PricewaterhouseCoopers gets into the ecosystem services game
I've noticed a rise lately in the frequency of times I see the name PricewaterhouseCoopers pop up in research about ecosystem services and economics. Most recently they have produced a series of reports with the United Nations Development Program on habitat banking in Latin America and the Carribean.…
ContinueAdded by Noam Ross on November 14, 2010 at 9:13 — 4 Comments
Managing Natural Resources - IDSAsr Verdict
Added by Dr Gursharan Singh Kainth on November 13, 2010 at 1:26 — No Comments
under the wings of an eagle
The struggle to protect the March-Thaya wetlands on the Austro-Slovakian border
Added by Christian Cummins on November 12, 2010 at 11:30 — No Comments
Amazon deforestation - reasons to be cheerful?
on the face of it, to be pretty good.
All the signs are that the official deforestation figures for 2009-10, due out in the next
few weeks, will for the second year running be the lowest since
satellite monitoring began in the late…
Added by Tim Hirsch on November 11, 2010 at 0:00 — No Comments
Slaughter of the Sirens
The record-breaking drought in the Amazon basin has led to "uncontrolled" hunting of one of the world's most bizarre and gentle aquatic mammals, the threatened Amazonian Manatee (Trichechus… Continue
Added by Tim Hirsch on November 9, 2010 at 2:00 — No Comments
Right after the historical conference, COP10, Nagoya city started destroying its own Satoyama
This Satoyama locates at right by Aichi Driving Center, only 30-minute car ride from COP10 venue is very compact in its size, 5hecters, but one can witness vast biological diversity. It was on Japanese media frequently in December of 2009, because Kawamura Takashi, the mayor of Nagoya city, picked it up to turn… Continue
Added by Takuya Kamiabyashi on November 6, 2010 at 11:12 — 4 Comments
Linkedin group for biodiversity professionals
Linkedin is ideal for professional discussions related to biodiversity. We invite all members of the Biodiversity Media Alliance to connect with like-minded folks on our Linkedin group for biodiversity professionals.Join for discussion, jobs, networking, resources, etc. The group will help you connect with biodiversity professionals who are not necessarily engaged in media and journalism, such as… Continue
Added by Roger Harris on November 3, 2010 at 20:00 — No Comments
Turning an Invasive Species into a Livelihood
In Kenya, for the over 5,000 people living in rural communities on or near its shore, Lake Victoria—the largest body of freshwater in Africa—is a life line. It is the main source of water for bathing, drinking, and cooking in the area and its fish populations… Continue
Added by Danielle Nierenberg on November 3, 2010 at 18:05 — No Comments
Oil Pollution Displaces Nigerian Fishermen to Guinea
By Ugochukwu Chimeziri
Massive oil spillages across the Niger Delta by transnational oil companies has displaced fishermen and other small fishing companies to Cameroon and Guinea territorial waters where they could find safe
water for their fishing businesses.
This was contained in the opening speech delivered by Mr Nnimmo Bassey, executive director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria…
ContinueAdded by Ugochukwu Chimeziri on November 2, 2010 at 16:47 — No Comments
‘Gas Flaring fuels Desertification in the North’
“Flare gas in the Niger Delta and you propagate desertification in the northern Nigeria,” were the words and warnings of Mr. Nimmo Bassey, Executive Director, Environmental Rights Action (ERA), a non governmental organization at a recent media training organized by the NGO in Abuja.
Bassey, who is also the president of Friends of the Earth Nigeria (FoEN) said that transnational oil companies that are flaring gas in the Niger Delta are immensely… Continue
Added by Ugochukwu Chimeziri on November 2, 2010 at 16:45 — No Comments
Croplife Blames NAFDAC Over Poor Checkmating of Chemicals
have agricultural applications to the inability of National Agency for
Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) to adequately police the Nigeria’s chemical industry.
Added by Ugochukwu Chimeziri on November 2, 2010 at 16:37 — No Comments
West African Gas Pipeline: Niger Delta Moves to Badagry
Mr. Kunniy Alex, Ajido community leader, Mr. Sikiru Aliyu, youth leader and Mrs. Felicia Adosu of Ajido community all of Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos state have lamented that memories of environmental depletion and devastation of Niger Delta have moved to their community which is hosting the pipeline and the transfer station of the West African Gas Pipeline.
Speaking to the media in an interactive meeting held in Lagos in the week end, Alex said that… Continue
Added by Ugochukwu Chimeziri on November 2, 2010 at 16:35 — 1 Comment
Corruption: Nigeria’s Tobacco Bill Suffers Setback
Added by Ugochukwu Chimeziri on November 2, 2010 at 16:29 — No Comments
Banned Pesticides Find Home in Nigeria
emerged as a highly controversial agrichemical due to its acute
toxicity, potential for what they described as…
Added by Ugochukwu Chimeziri on November 2, 2010 at 16:25 — No Comments
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