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Feds agree to do study on Grand Canyon mining  -  27 Sep 2008
San Diego Union Tribune,...is part of a settlement of a lawsuit filed by three environmental groups, the Sierra Club, Grand Canyon Trust and Center for Biological Diversity.

VP Pick Palin wins environmentalist ‘Dodo’ prize  -  27 Sep 2008
The Zonie Report,As prizes go, it’s probably not one you’d want on your trophy shelf: the Center for Biological Diversity’s Rubber Dodo award. This year’s recipient is

Tunisia: Foreign minister's address on Millennium Goals, at United ...  -  27 Sep 2008
ISRIA (subscription),Having highlighted the importance of international co-operation to support national efforts in matters of preservation of biological diversity and

Designing a landfill of epic proportions  -  27 Sep 2008
MIT News,...but D'Hooghe and Tehrani believe that their plan, by creating wetlands and biological diversity, would mitigate the damage already done.

Bahamas Government urged to pass legislation to stop the killing ...  -  27 Sep 2008
thebahamasweekly.com,Bahamas is also a signatory to the Convention on Biological Diversity, which commits The Bahamas to avoid the extinction of any more Bahamian species.

Environmentalists intend to sue San Francisco over red-legged ...  -  Sep 24, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue the City and County of San Francisco for illegally killing and harming

Statement by Center for Biological Diversity on 2008 Arctic Sea ...  -  Sep 16, 2008
Center for Biological Diversity (press release),...climate program director for the Center for Biological Diversity and lead author of the 2005 petition to list the polar bear under the Endangered

Nordic Council: Stop extermination of animals and plants  -  Sep 24, 2008
Nordic Council,The biological diversity in the Nordic countries is threatened, and the extermination of plant and animal species is going faster and faster.

BioBlitz! rescheduled at Salt Plains  -  Sep 23, 2008
Enid News & Eagle,BioBlitz! is an inventory of biological diversity conducted in a 24-hour period. Volunteers from around the state and region will count as many species as

Polar Bears, Warming, Cannibalism and Palin  -  Sep 25, 2008
The Washington Independent,The endangered bears are starving, drowning and now resorting to cannibalism, says the Center for Biological Diversity This puts into perspective the weight

GLOBAL WARMING AND BLACK CARBON: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION  -  Sep 24, 2008
Center for Biological Diversity (press release),The event is sponsored by American University Washington College of Law, Clean Air Task Force and Center for Biological Diversity. The Center for Biological

Biological Diversity Makes Grandfather Mountain the Most Colorful ...  -  Sep 9, 2008
Hospitality 1st (press release),Grandfather Mountain, NC – September 2008 / Hospitality 1ST / Grandfather Mountain in Northwest North Carolina is arguably the best fall color destination

Feature: The state and purpose of biological diversity  -  Aug 29, 2008
Philippine Information Agency,By Art Contreras (DENR) Legazpi City (29 August) -- Biological Diversity is the total variety of life on Earth, such as trees, flowers, birds, insects,

Cultural diversity at what cost?  -  Sep 24, 2008
ScienceAlert,But the obsession with cultural diversity would trump concern for preserving biological diversity. Thus instead of being ashamed that we have lost so many

Similarity Of Urban Flora: Plants In Towns And Cities Are More ...  -  Sep 24, 2008
Science Daily (press release)However, although towns and cities harbour more species than the surrounding countryside, in terms of conserving biological diversity it is not just the

Food or slaughter? Bushmeat fuels wildlife debate  -  Sep 16, 2008
Reuters South Africa,The report by the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity said legalising parts of the bushmeat trade could dispel the stigma

Africa: Biodiversity Pays Off  -  Sep 25, 2008
AllAfrica.com,When did you decide to choose protection of biological diversity as your profession? During my post graduate studies I worked mainly in evolutionary biology

BC scientist part of global group trying to bring back extinct ...  -  Sep 24, 2008
The Canadian Press,..."The Galapagos tortoise are a flagship species, they're a flagship for evolutionary theory, a flagship for conservation of biological diversity.

Nissan Promotes Biodiversity Research With UN Institute  -  Sep 26, 2008
The FINANCIAL,A resolution to promote commitment from the private sector was adopted at 8th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological diversity (COP8) in

Bleak forecast: Arctic sea ice just misses record melt  -  Sep 17, 2008
Scientific American...says Kassie Siegel, climate program director at the Center for Biological Diversity, who led the charge to list the polar bear as an endangered species.

US election: US think tank 'awards' Palin as enemy of the environment  -  Sep 17, 2008
guardian.co.uk,The Centre for Biological Diversity awarded Palin its Rubber Dodo award for her insistence - despite scientific evidence to the contrary - that the polar

Bush-Meat Ban Would Devastate Africa's Animals, Poor?  -  Sep 16, 2008
National Geographic,The report, led by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, assessed the latest

Bush Administration Sneak Attack on Endangered Species Act  -  Sep 4, 2008
Center for Biological Diversity (press release),WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity and dozens of other groups submitted comments today on another Bush administration attempt to weaken the

The Biosafety Protocol and the Future of Biosafety  -  Sep 25, 2008
IRC's Americas Program,...and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health, and specifically focusing on transboundary movements.

Gallaudet swim teams contribute to Delaware Seashore State Park ...  -  Sep 16, 2008
Gallaudet University Inside Gallaudet,Snape and the Center for Biological Diversity have advocated for the Atlantic piping plover - a migratory sandy-colored bird with yellow-orange legs and a

Southwest Forest Proposes End to Baiting of Endangered Mexican Wolves  -  Sep 23, 2008
Center for Biological Diversity (press release),Michael Robinson, a conservation advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity in Silver City, NM, commended the Forest Service for the proposal.

Bahamas National Trust joins the call for a total ban on the ...  -  Sep 18, 2008
Bahama Islands Info,As a signatory to international agreements which protect wildlife, including the Convention on Biological Diversity, the harvesting of these endangered

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin Wins Rubber Dodo Award; Protected Oil ...  -  Sep 19, 2008
E-Wire (press release),19 -/E-Wire/-- The Center for Biological Diversity today awarded Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin the 2008 Rubber Dodo Award. Last year’s award, which inaugurated

Penguins Marching Toward Endangered Species Act Protection;  -  Sep 8, 2008
Center for Biological Diversity (press release),SAN FRANCISCO— A federal judge today approved a settlement between the Center for Biological Diversity and the US Fish and Wildlife Service over the fate of

Polar Bears Take Back Seat to Polluters  -  Sep 16, 2008
RushPRnews.com (press release),As we go to press, NRDC is also signing on to a “friend of the court� brief in support of a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and other

Lawsuit Filed to Protect Rare Virgin Island Plants  -  Sep 9, 2008
Center for Biological Diversity (press release),ATLANTA—The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a lawsuit in federal court in Atlanta challenging the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s failure to

Are some solar projects no longer ‘green’?  -  Sep 25, 2008
Christian Science Monitor,...“Our concern is there may not be any habitat available,� says Ileene Anderson, a biologist with the Center for Biological Diversity in Los Angeles.

In Biodiversity, What You Do Matters More Than Who You Are  -  Sep 11, 2008
Newswise (press release)...study of parasitic wasps and their aphid prey showed that the key to biological diversity in an ecosystem is having species with non-overlapping roles.

My Turn: On 'Targeting end of pesticides to kill lamprey'  -  Sep 23, 2008
BurlingtonFreePress.com,The Center for Biological Diversity follows a "wildlife first" ideology. What does this mean? In my opinion it means everything else comes second: the

Biosafety protocol marks five years  -  Sep 12, 2008
Africa Science News Service,According to a Press Release from the Convention on Biological Diversity’s secretariat, major progress has been made over the last five years in

FROM OUR BLOGS Ecology center gives Palin the (extinct) bird  -  Sep 18, 2008
Tucson Citizen,The Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity has announced that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been deemed the winner of its annual Rubber Dodo Award for

Conservationists' Lawsuit Gains Critical Habitat for Atlantic Salmon  -  Sep 5, 2008
Center for Biological Diversity (press release),The announcement came in response to a 2007 lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of Merrymeeting Bay, and river activist Doug Watts.

Good Food Declaration  -  Aug 29, 2008
Slow food,Protects the finite resources of productive soils, fresh water, and biological diversity. 7. Strives to remove fossil fuel from every link in the food chain

Group files appeal on permit for Desert Rock plant  -  Sep 2, 2008
NewsWest9.com,AP - September 2, 2008 6:45 PM ET ALBUQUERQUE, NM (AP) - The Center for Biological Diversity has appealed an air permit for the planned coal-fired Desert

Palin Awarded the Rubber Dildo Award!!  -  Sep 18, 2008
The Spoof (satire),Arizona Center for Biological Diversity awards the Rubber Dildo award every year to the pubic figure that has spent the most effort fucking themselves up at

Three Arctic Seal Species Advance Toward  -  Sep 4, 2008
Center for Biological Diversity (press release),SAN FRANCISCO — In response to a scientific petition filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, the federal government announced today it was launching a

Czech scientist let off with fine  -  Sep 10, 2008
Calcutta Telegraph,Kucera will also have to pay a fine of Rs 10000 under the Wildlife Protection Act and Rs 50000 under the Biological Diversity Act. However,

New marine zones keep fishers onside  -  Sep 24, 2008
The Mercury,All other areas will be proclaimed under the Nature Conservation Act as conservation areas where Mr Llewellyn said biological diversity and marine species

Polar Bear Tug of War  -  Sep 8, 2008
E/The Environmental Magazine,Representatives from the Center for Biological Diversity, the Natural Resources Defense Council and others have already filed suit claiming that the polar

Forest Conservation Organizations Sue US Government for Steering ...  -  Sep 11, 2008
MarketWatchThe organizations are the Forest Stewardship Council-US, Conservation Northwest, and the Center for Biological Diversity. The suit alleges that the

Integrated Ecological Assessment As the Basis for Management of a ...  -  Sep 25, 2008
RedOrbit,Field surveys were undertaken to collect data for the biological diversity and health of focal species from 2001 to 2003. Socioeconomic data were gathered

Oil Shale and Tar Sands Commercial Leasing Program  -  Sep 5, 2008
Center for Biological Diversity (press release),The Center for Biological Diversity is dedicated to e nsuring that atmospheric carbon dioxide pollutant levels are reduced to below 350 ppm, which leading

A new plan for old fish  -  Sep 3, 2008
The Missoulian,...“The Kootenai River white sturgeon is on the brink of extinction,� said Noah Greenwald, science director for the Center for Biological Diversity.

The 12 (annotated) principles for a healthy food and agriculture ...  -  Sep 3, 2008
Grist Magazine,Protects the finite resources of productive soils, fresh water, and biological diversity. Strives to remove fossil fuel from every link in the food chain

David Suzuki: we must elect leaders who care about the planet  -  Sep 23, 2008
Georgia Straight,In 2010, the country will also have to report on the progress it has made regarding the UN Convention on Biological Diversity's targets for reducing

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