NewsRack: irge304/Biodiversity/Conventions

Kumbh pots to parade through Britain - New Kerala: World News

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

London, May 9 : Hundreds of Hindus carrying ornate pots known as 'kumbhs' will parade through London, Manchester, Leicester and Dudley over the next three weeks.

EU debates biopiracy law to protect indigenous people - Guardian: Environment

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Pharmaceutical firms would need to compensate indigenous people for using their knowhow in creating new medicines The European parliament is debating a draft biopiracy law requiring industry to compensate indigenous people if it makes commercial use of local knowledge such as plant-based medicines. Under the law – based on the international convention on access to biodiversity, the Nagoya protocol – the pharmaceuticals industry would need the written consent of local or indigenous people before exploring their region's genetic resources or making use of their traditional knowhow. Relevant authorities would have the power to sanction companies that fail to comply, protecting local interests from the predatory attitude of big European companies. German firm patents South African herb The draft report on access to genetic resources by Green MEP Sandrine Bélier cites as an example a German pharmaceutical company's dealings in South Africa. Pelargonium sidoides, a variety of ...

Letters to the International Herald Tribune: When Politics Trumps Policy - International Herald Tribune: Editorials

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The political expediency of U.S. foreign policy under the Obama administration is nothing new.

Sooty ships may be geoengineering by accident - New Scientist: Sex and Cloning

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Sooty ships may be geoengineering by accident

Landmark for UK citizen science - BBC: Front Page

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The interim findings of a massive £14m five-year citizen science project, involving more than 25,000 surveys and 500,000 people, are published.

General Assembly adopts resolution on ecotourism - New Kerala: World News

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:30:00 GMT

India Ink: Developing Countries Turn to Each Other for Conservation - NYT > World

By VIVEKANANDA NEMANA — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

With much of the developed world cash-strapped, emerging nations take the lead on environmental issues.

Natarajan terms UN biodiversity meet a success, pledges more money for cause - New Kerala: World News

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

World's cities can get greener by 2030 - Hindustan Times: World

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

World's cities can get greener by 2030

£50bn: Price tag to save rare animals - Hindustan Times: World

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

£50bn: Price tag to save rare animals

Rich nations pledge to double funds for biodiversity - New Kerala: World News

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Developed countries to double funds to protect biodiversity - New Kerala: World News

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Developed countries agree to double funds for biodiversity - New Kerala: World News

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Op-Ed Contributors: How to Catch Fish and Save Fisheries - International Herald Tribune: Editorials

By CARL SAFINA and BRETT JENKS — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Over-fishing is destroying a major food source. But we have not reached a point of no return. We have time. Solutions exist.

US businessman defends controversial test - Guardian: Environment

Martin Lukacs — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Russ George says he has been under a 'dark cloud of vilification' following his ocean fertilisation test off Canada's Pacific coast The American businessman who dumped around 100 tonnes of iron sulphate into the Pacific Ocean has become a lone defender of his project, after a storm of criticism from indigenous peoples, the Canadian government and a UN biodiversity meeting in India. Russ George, who told the Globe and Mail that he is the world's leading "champion" of geoengineering, says he has been under a "dark cloud of vilification" since the Guardian broke news of an ocean fertilisation scheme, funded by an indigenous village on the Haida Gwaii islands, that aimed to make money in offset markets by sequestering carbon through artificial plankton blooms. "I'm not a rich, scheming businessman, right," he said . "That's not who I am … This is my heart's work, not my hip pocket work, right?" A US agency that loaned George's company 20 expensive ocean gliders said they had been ...

25 primate species reported on brink of extinction - Boston Globe: Latest

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

25 primate species reported on brink of extinction

Underwater dive to protect oceans - BBC News: AsiaPacific

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Greenpeace activists dive to the bottom of the Indian Ocean to highlight the need to safeguard the seas.

India Ink: India Pledges Millions for Global Biodiversity - NY Times: World

By VIVEK NEMANA — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Finding common ground on environmental issues is important, prime minister says.

Billions needed to slow loss, report warns - Guardian: Environment

Fiona Harvey — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

UN study says the amounts needed are insignificant compared with the costs of allowing the destruction to continue Hundreds of billions of pounds will need to be spent on preserving the world's biodiversity, if the destruction of habitats, species and natural resources is to be slowed, a new report for the United Nations has found . But the amounts needed are insignificant compared with the costs of allowing the destruction to continue, according to the study. These costs include water scarcity, declining agricultural productivity, climate change and the exhaustion of fish stocks. Taken together, the perils of our destruction of biodiversity represent one of the most serious threats to the world's future, so actions taken now to tackle these threats will pay off, in the both the short and the long term, it said. Pavan Sukhdev, the economist who was chief author of the report, said: "While there are some big numbers in this report [in terms of the money that must be spent], our panel ...

UN meeting reviews ways to save biodiversity - Boston Globe: Latest

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

UN meeting reviews ways to save biodiversity

India pledges $50 million for biodiversity conservation - New Kerala: World News

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

PM inaugurates biodiversity meet - New Kerala: World News

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

PM not on silent mode: PMO - New Kerala: World News

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

UN meet reviews steps to save global biodiversity - Seattle Times: Business & Technology

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Delegates from nearly 200 countries are working to implement an agreement for protecting Earth's ecosystems at a biodiversity conference in southern India.

25 primate species reported on brink of extinction - Star Tribune: Latest

NIRMALA GEORGE — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Twenty-five species of monkeys, langurs, lemurs and gorillas are on the brink of extinction and need global action to protect them from increasing deforestation and illegal trafficking, researchers said Monday.