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UN launches initiative to save global biodiversity  -  16 Nov 2008
ABS CBN News,Following the move to respond to global warming and climate change, steps are now being undertaken internationally in order to protect biodiversity and

ENVIRONMENT-BURMA: Conflict Threatens Karen Biodiversity  -  16 Nov 2008
Inter Press Service,Burma’s incredibly rich and highly endemic biodiversity has a recorded 11800 plant species including a species-collection of 800 orchids, 100 bamboos,

Bristol biodiversity action plan launched  -  16 Nov 2008
Evening Post,TV presenter and radio broadcaster Phillippa Forrester helped launch the city council's new biodiversity action plan at Bristol Zoo.

Conservation group seeks to protect rare gopher  -  16 Nov 2008
The Casper Star Tribune,Biodiversity petitioned the Fish and Wildlife Service in August 2007 to protect the gopher under the Endangered Species Act. The agency was supposed to

Food aid has detrimental effects on biodiversity - Scientists  -  16 Nov 2008
Newsnet,Scientists say they are against food aid as some of it has detrimental effects on biodiversity. Scientists say they are against food aid as some of it has

Unwieldy law blocks drug profits  -  16 Nov 2008
The Times,Scientists and industry leaders at a conference in Cape Town last week slammed the Environmental Management Biodiversity Act (Emba) as the kiss of death for

Certify palm oil producers for sustainable development  -  16 Nov 2008
Jakarta Post,Critics have accused palm oil plantations and industries of contributing to global warming, destruction of forest, biodiversity loss and conflicts with

Networks of small habitat patches can preserve urban biodiversity  -  Nov 14, 2008
Hindu,...that could help them to direct their conservation efforts to habitat patches where they get as much biodiversity as possible given a limited budget.

New finds from ocean depths  -  Nov 10, 2008
Hindu,As more than 500 delegates gather for the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity (Valencia, Spain Nov. 11-15), organized by the Census's European affiliate

Global biodiversity panel knocked back at UN talks  -  Nov 13, 2008
AFPKUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — Plans for a scientific panel on biodiversity, similar to a Nobel-winning group on climate change, have been knocked back by

Amphibians' Ability To Predict Changes In Biodiversity Confirmed ...  -  Oct 28, 2008
Science Daily (press release)...“Understanding how environmental changes over space influence biodiversity patterns provides important background for forecasting how biodiversity will

Government 'will fail to halt biodiversity loss'  -  Nov 10, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent In 2001 the Government pledged to halt biodiversity loss by 2010 in order to protect hundreds of endangered

Biodiversity policy failures lambasted  -  Nov 13, 2008
Regen.net (subscription),Government planning policies to protect biodiversity and geological conservation are failing, the Commons environmental audit committee warned this week.

Nations consider a new Scientific body for biodiversity, ecosystem ...  -  Nov 13, 2008
Africa Science News Service,Close to 100 nations have called for the formation of a new scientific body able to put the loss of biodiversity, ecosystems and their multi-trillion dollar

Biodiversity plan cautiously accepted  -  Nov 13, 2008
The Corkman,CORK'S county councillors have adopted a countywide Biodiversity Action Plan, of which the stated aim is "to conserve and enhance biodiversity,

The Need for Patient Capital to Bring Biodiversity & Ecosystem ...  -  Nov 13, 2008
Ecosystem Marketplace,Following the success of the inaugural Biodiversity & Ecosystem Finance event which took place in New York on 27-28 March 2008 and was attended by over 100

Angola: CPLP to Assume Biodiversity as Economic Resources  -  Nov 7, 2008
AllAfrica.com,The Portuguese-speaking Countries Community (CPLP) wants to assume biodiversity as an economic, biological, cultural and social resource of great importance

Good news at last for bird of ill omen  -  Nov 14, 2008
Times Online,Biodiversity is not only numbers, nor is it only the wouldja-believe-it page in a children's comic. It is the method by which the planet works.

Ramsar Site In Kinabatangan-Segama Another Milestone In ...  -  Nov 6, 2008
Bernama,KOTA KINABALU, Nov 7 (Bernama) -- The designation of the lower Kinabatangan-Segama as a Ramsar site is another milestone in the biodiversity and ecosystem

UC Davis Scientists Receive $4 Million Grant to Study Biodiversity ...  -  Nov 4, 2008
UC Davis,An international team of collaborators will conduct biodiversity field surveys, screen microbes and plants for applications to human health and energy needs

UNEP Conference on biodiversity (Putrajaya, November 10-12, 2008)  -  Nov 12, 2008
France Diplomatie (press release),France, which has initiated international consultations to bring together political leaders and scientists specializing in biodiversity, strongly supports

English biodiversity warning over 'severe' losses  -  Nov 11, 2008
InTheNews.co.uk,Full Story The government's conservation attempts are failing to stop 'severe' biodiversity loss in England, according to the Commons' environmental audit

Deforestation: forests and the planet`s biodiversity are disappearing  -  Nov 12, 2008
Environmental Expert (press release),Tropical forests are home to much of the planet's biodiversity, hosting about half of all known species. Cutting down forests not only threatens the

Impact Of Climate Warming On Fish  -  Nov 14, 2008
Science Daily (press release)It is causing rapid deterioration of the environment and is increasing the threat to biodiversity. However, the mechanisms of its impact are still poorly

Biodiversity action plan set to get Cabinet nod  -  Nov 5, 2008
Indian Express,New Delhi, November 5 : Aimed at preserving the rich and varied biodiversity resources of the country and making sustainable use of its components,

Biodiversity of rainforests should not be compared with oil palm ...  -  Nov 11, 2008
Mongabay.comScientists should compare the biodiversity oil palm plantations to other industrial monocultures, not the rainforests they replace, said Dr. Yusof Basiron,

UK Failing to Protect Biodiversity at Home and Overseas, Say MPs  -  Nov 11, 2008
EcoWorldly,Britain must do more than preserve ‘islands in landscape’ and has ‘moral duty’ to protect biodiversity in far flung territories.

UK failing to halt biodiversity demise  -  Nov 11, 2008
International Animal Rescue,The group of MPs has released a report which claims that the government will fail to meet its 2012 target to halt biodiversity loss, as many species and

Tropical farms 'aid biodiversity'  -  Nov 4, 2008
BBC News,By Mark Kinver Certain farming methods can help sustain the biodiversity of tropical forests, a study has shown. Researchers found that an areca nut

New Biodiversity Reports and Facts from the Amazing Sustainable Table  -  Nov 11, 2008
EcoWorldly,UN illustrates the important connection between biodiversity and food security issues. This organization works to preserve heritage breeds as part of

SDSU research: Tracking biodiversity in the Amazon rain forests  -  Oct 31, 2008
South Dakota State University,NASA is paying researchers on the cool prairies of South Dakota to help track biodiversity in the steamy rain forests of the Brazilian Amazon.

Countries debate need for biodiversity, ecosystem services body  -  Nov 11, 2008
Africa Science News Service,Finding a decisive international response to the loss of biodiversity, ecosystems and the multi-trillion dollar goods and services they generate will take

Countries discuss possible UN-backed intergovernmental body to ...  -  Nov 10, 2008
UN News Centre10 November 2008 – The possibility of establishing a United Nations-supported scientific intergovernmental body to address biodiversity loss and protect

MPs warn on biodiversity loss  -  Nov 10, 2008
ePolitix,MPs have called on the government to do more to protect the environment and halt the loss of biodiversity in Britain's overseas territories.

Biodiversity to inform all future REPS audits  -  Nov 11, 2008
Irish Independent,By Caitriona Murphy Farmers could be counting birds in the future to prove that agri-environmental schemes such as REPS are increasing biodiversity on farms

NFU: Biodiversity challenge should focus on solutions  -  Nov 10, 2008
Politics.co.uk,The challenge in tackling biodiversity changes is developing and implementing solutions and farmers are already playing a key role and will continue to do

Octopuses' Family Tree Traced  -  Nov 12, 2008
Science Daily (press release)..."If octopuses radiated in this way, it's likely that other fauna did so also, so we have helped explain where some of the deep-sea biodiversity comes from.

Forests, Biodiversity and the Intrusion of Humans  -  Nov 9, 2008
AZoCleantech,Cemagref's "Forest, nature, and biodiversity" project, conducted as part of a partnership with the National Forestry Office (Office National des Forêts;

Climate change helps some invasive species  -  Nov 11, 2008
United Press InternationalThe research was presented Tuesday in Valencia, Spain, during the opening presentations at the First World Conference on Marine Biodiversity.

Biofuel Startup Strives to Meet Obama's Green Ambitions  -  Nov 14, 2008
Wired News..."Can massive quantities of biomass be harvested sustainably without eroding/degrading soils, destroying biodiversity, increasing food insecurity and

Life, death, and biodiversity  -  Oct 27, 2008
Boston Globe,According to Dr. Eric Chivian and Dr. Aaron Bernstein, editors of the recent book "Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity," they are all

BIODIVERSITY: The Real Price of Farmed Salmon  -  Nov 10, 2008
Inter Press Service,By Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 10 (IPS) - Salmon aquaculture is devastating the world's oceans and an international coalition of scientists,

Biohabitats' Keith Bowers Appointed to Board of Wildlands Project  -  Nov 10, 2008
PR Web (press release),In this position, Mr. Bowers will help guide the Wildlands Project in its efforts to protect and preserve North America's irreplaceable biodiversity through

An extra 36 000ha given to Namaqua park  -  Nov 11, 2008
Independent Online,By John Yeld Conservation of the world's only arid "biodiversity hotspot" - an area of critical global conservation significance - has been greatly enhanced

Government to account for biodiversity in all planning  -  Nov 6, 2008
Thaindian.com,New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The government Thursday approved the National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP), aimed at safeguarding India’s natural wealth and to

RP shares experience in biodiversity  -  Oct 21, 2008
Business Mirror,Covering some 5.7 million sq km, the Coral Triangle is considered the global center of marine biodiversity, with over 600 reef-building coral species or 75

Limestone karsts - islands of biodiversity in Asia - under threat ...  -  Nov 9, 2008
Mongabay.comResearchers have devised a scientific methodology for prioritizing conservation of limestone karsts, biologically-rich outcroppings found in Southeast Asia

New environmental curriculum for students in Bulgaria's western ...  -  Nov 11, 2008
Sofia Echo,Instruction includes how to preserve their region's specific biodiversity, with this regional specificity making it the first such educational system in

Marine invasive species advance with a rate of 50 kilometers per ...  -  Nov 13, 2008
innovations report (Pressemitteilung),The international conference, organised by the Spanish Council of Scientitic Research (CSIC) and the European Network of Excellence on Marine Biodiversity

Rainforest biodiversity results from habitat specialization rather ...  -  Oct 23, 2008
Mongabay.comThe scientists plan to continue their research at Yasuni and other sites to better understand the patterns of biodiversity around the world.

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