All Blog Posts Tagged 'Biodiversity' (15)

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‘Mismatch Between Commitments and Action on Biodiversity’

 

Event Announcement: Melodious Queen Bee found flitting around Durban

Cop 17 will see a number of international stars such as Angelina Jolie and Leonardo Di Caprio jet set into Durban next week. One other such celebrity bound to set the media abuzz, is none other than her Royal Highness Queen Daisy the 3rd. Sources say that she is already in town mapping out the route for her and her swarm, ahead of their visit on the 30th of…

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The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Science Symposium 2011, was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 5 October 2011, under the title “GBIF at 10: Reaping Benefits for Science and Society.” Once a year, the GBIF sponsors a Science Symposium in association with its Governing Board meeting and associated committees. The 2011 Symposium focused on the experience gained during GBIF’s first decade of work and the future of biodiversity informatics. Topics addressed during the…

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Please click here to read the latest Forest Peoples Programme E-Newsletter in English, French or Spanish:

http://www.forestpeoples.org/topics/environmental-governance/publication/2011/fpp-e-newsletter-july-2011-pdf-version

 

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I've been reading the latest report from The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study, which was released this week at the meeting for the Convention for Biological Diversity. I've been skeptical as to the utility of the project, which was billed as a "Stern Report for Biodiversity" when it was begun three years ago.… Continue

Nature’s riches can play a major role in poverty eradication, but only if governments and businesses recognise the true economic value of the goods and services our environment provides us.



That’s the central message of a free book published today by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), BirdLife International and Pavan Sukhdev — leader of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity study.



It warns that biodiversity loss is not only an… Continue

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Journalists need more training and greater access to sources and information if they are to effectively tell an under-reported story that has profound implications for livelihoods, health and businesses the world over -- the silent decline in the planet’s biological resources.



So say media specialists at IUCN, IIED and Internews who will formally launch their Biodiversity Media Alliance (BMA) during the conference of parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity on 27 October in… Continue

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.

The Secretariat of the Bern Convention has the pleasure to announce a photo exhibition

The Secretariat of the Bern Convention (Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats) is pleased to inform you of a photo exhibition to mark the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity.

The photos are displayed in the hall of the Art Gallery (in the Palais de l’Europe, Strasbourg) from Friday 30 July to…

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Our World 2.0 is the United Nations premiere blog exploring the interconnections between biodiversity, climate change, peak oil and food security. It is a solution focused blog, but illustrates how complexity we face since solving one problem (say peak oil by biofuels) can have an adverse impact on another (say loss of biodiversity and food).



Please take a look at: http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/

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Confronting the global corporate hijack of Nagoya's COP10.



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

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…

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