All Blog Posts Tagged 'biodiversity' (60)

Aquafil (www.aquafil.com), the ECNC Group (www.ecncgroup.eu) and Star Sock (www.starsock.nl) have together established the ‘Healthy Seas, a Journey from Waste to Wear’ initiative.

The main objective of this Healthy Seas initiative is to remove waste, in particular fishing nets and other marine litter from the seas and oceans for the purpose of…

One of the outcomes of the recently concluded meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP11) about the future protection of biodiversity, has been a recognition of a new and interesting approach to raising awareness and involvement of the public. The draft decision text highlights: “The Conference of Parties (COP) encourages Parties, relevant organizations and stakeholders to support and contribute to communication…

Bags are packed, and I am on the road this week to CoP11, aka the Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, in Hyderabad, India. Talking points will focus on biodiversity.

I remember back some 15 years when I submitted the text for the …

An agricultural scientist Professor Wayne Powell has hinted that, the use of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is more dangerous to humans health than the consumption of genetically modified foods (GMOs).…

„World Wide Views on Biodiversity“ organizes local consultations of laypeople worldwide. Citizens views on a global challenge - the rapid loss of biodiversity - will be collected on September 15 and might enhance negotiations at the matching UN-Conference in October.

The citizen participation project  „World Wide Views on Biodiversity“ (WWViews) will take place 15th of September 2012 in…

The International Youth Forum Go4BioDiv is now officially recognized as a “UN Decade Project on Biological Diversity”. This prestigious award distinguishes initiatives, which contribute to biodiversity conservation in an innovative and exemplary way. With this award, the outstanding commitment of Go4BioDiv for involving young adults in biodiversity conservation is acknowledged.  Read Full story …

New recommendations by the 16th session of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice address marine and coastal biodiversity, and biodiversity and climate change.

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Some of the main proposals in a draft text for negotiation at a UN sustainable development conference next month are being watered down at informal talks in New York, observers say, heightening fears the summit will fail to deliver.

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 A new project has been launched to address the narrowing variety of foods in diets, titled the “Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Project” focus on sustainable use of components of biodiversity.

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Governments from more than 90 countries have agreed to establish an independent panel of scientists to assess the very latest research on the state of the planet’s fragile ecosystems.

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Soil sealing – the covering of the ground by an impermeable material – is one of the main causes of soil degradation in the EU putting biodiversity at risk, increasing the risk of flooding.

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As the EU failed to meet its biodiversity target for 2010, biodiversity conservation should now be built into key EU policies and environmentally harmful subsidies should be phased out by 2020.

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A document has been published by Asia Indigenous people pact (AIPP) a document which focuses on several aspects of forest conservation, biodiversity and livelihood.

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According to a new study, some of the world’s poorest people would gain $500bn per year if the service they provide through conserving natural habitats was given an economic value.

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A recent paper points out how regulatory frameworks and monitoring programmes still fail to address the full range of pollutants potentially damaging for Europe’s seas.

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There are now 11 thousands species, plants and animals introduced into a different than their own environment, between 10% and 15% of these are a danger for the environment.

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According to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a quarter of the world’s known plant species are threatened with extinction and even though plants may not receive enough attentions.

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Eurispes and the Italian Federation of Organic and Biodynamic (FederBio) signed an agreement to promote a collaboration with the University of Buenos Aires in the field of environment.

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Biology Letters published a study where is analyzed the status of the population of King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), who have suffered much because of indiscriminate hunting.

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