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Is Focusing on "Hot Spots" the Key to Preserving Biodiversity?
2008-10-27 15:07:00 From Scientific American: In the field of conservation, success stories about saving individual species abound. Bald eagles have recovered from their bout with the pesticide DDT; from fewer than 500 breeding pairs in 1963, the population in the lower 48 states has grown to nearly 1
Biodiversity loss can dent world economy, study warns - Tehran Times
2008-05-25 03:34:00 Biodiversity loss can dent world economy, study warnsTehran Times, Iran - 4 hours agoA new study warns that destroying the diversity of animal and plant life can have serious repercussions for the world economy, with the poor bearing the ...
Bats an Indicator of the UK?s Biodiversity
2008-05-22 13:10:00 I remember vividly the sight of my dad running for cover, making slow groaning sounds, thrashing wildly at the air like some madman from a B-movie. I was a mere toddler, blanket in one hand, thumb in...
By: Green Options
Human Interaction with Nature: Benefits of Biodiversity
2008-05-19 21:11:00 Editor’s note: For the last few months, we have run a number of guest posts from students in Professor Simran Sethi’s “Media and the Environment” course at the University of...
By: Green Options
Biodiversity loss costs six percent of world income: report - AFP
2008-05-18 08:45:00 AFPBiodiversity loss costs six percent of world income: reportAFP - 1 hour agoBERLIN (AFP) ? The destruction of flora and fauna is costing the world two trillion euros (3.1 trillion dollars) a year, or six percent of its overall gross ...
Report: Biodiversity loss costs 6% of world income - Xinhua
2008-05-18 07:34:00 Report: Biodiversity loss costs 6% of world incomeXinhua, China -- 2 hours agoBERLIN, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Biodiversity loss is costing six percent of the world's overall income a year, according to a report by German news weekly Der ...
Shodhyatra On Importance Of Biodiversity
2008-05-15 19:04:00 Hyderabad, Society for research and initiatives for sustainable technologies and institutions (SRISTI), an NGO from Ahmedabad in association with national innovation foundation (NIF) and the Honey Bee network will organize its 21st Shodhyatra in Visakhapatnam from June 2 to 8.The aim of the yatra, is to felicitate local grass root innovators, traditional knowledge holders, students with innovative ideas and people with significant contribution to the society in conserving bio-diversity and to seek inspiration from others.Addressing a press meet here on Thursday, Brig. P. Ganesham, Honey Bee, AP briefed that yatra would start from Borra village to Peddagaruvu village in which scientists, innovators, students, professors will travel more than 150 Km over a period of seven to eight days to convey their message.Source: siasat.com
Ghana: Ambassadors for Biodiversity World Migratory Bird Day 2008 - AllAfri
2008-05-13 14:21:00 Ghana: Ambassadors for Biodiversity World Migratory Bird Day 2008AllAfrica.com, Washing-ton - 4 hours agoThe theme for this year's World Migratory Bird Day: "Migratory Birds - Ambassadors for Biodiversity" draws attention to the link between migratory birds and ...
Biodiversity loss will lead to sick world: experts - AFP
2008-04-23 10:01:00 AFPBiodiversity loss will lead to sick world: expertsAFP - 56 minutes agoSINGAPORE (AFP) ? The world risks wiping out a new generation of antibiotics and cures for diseases if it fails to reverse the extinction of thousands of ...
?GM Foods and Biodiversity?, IWC?s Monthly Online Chat
2008-03-17 05:59:00 Chat on 18th March 2008 Log in to IndianWildlifeclub.com for an online chat on “Genetically Modified Crops and Biodiversity” between 7.30 PM (IST) and 8.30 PM (IST) on 18th March 2008. The chat will be moderated by Ms Saraswati Kavula, who is is a documentary Film Maker from Andhra Pradesh. Click Here to reach the chat room on the ...
By: Delhi Greens
Please help block dirty fuels in Western Wildlands
2008-03-15 01:24:00 Please take a few moments to read this very important message… The Bush administration wants to sacrifice some of the wildest regions of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming to produce fuel from two of the most polluting sources: oil shale and tar sands. This proposed development — spanning an area of more than two million acres of wildlife ...
~ Celebrating Women all over the World ~
2008-03-13 03:18:00 As a woman, I am proud and honored to do what I may to present what it is to be a female in the World we live in today. We must remember to embrace that which makes up the essence of a woman, and bring about our full potential. As stewards of this planet we ...
Toxins in our Environment are killing us..
2008-02-27 20:53:00 Today I am featuring a fellow blogger dedicated to educating the public of the dangers of toxic substances in our environment. Mark Sadaka of PharmaWatchDog has a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University, as well as a Master of Science in Public Health degree from Tulane University?s School of Public Health and Tropical ...
Indian botanists voice concern about country’s stringent biodiversity law
2008-02-06 10:16:00 A group of Indian botanists have said that the country’s biodiversity laws are so stringent that they are stifling research in the sector. The group includes K. D. Prathapan from Kerala Agriculture University and Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan from the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, Bangalore. According to a report in ENN, the scientists have said that India's "draconian" rules on free exchange of biological samples could "totally isolate Indian biodiversity researchers and is akin to a self-imposed siege on scientists in the country". India's biodiversity rules, established in 2002, do not permit Indian scientists to deposit their specimens in international museums and stipulate that specimens must be kept in selected national repositories. According to Prathapan and colleagues, quality research involves extensive collaboration among specialists and institutions across continents. “And in taxono...
By: B4U India
Hydro Power is ~ Clean ~ Power!
2008-01-30 07:29:00 Following upon the heels of my last post, I would say this particular subject is only fitting. I am a strong believer in utilizing the power of Nature, in safe and intelligent ways, always keeping the Balance in mind. With such powerful resources available from the elements of Nature, such as Air, Water, and Solar, it stands ...
New Study Finds Biodiversity Conservation Secures Ecosystem Services For Pe
2008-01-23 05:06:00 Healthy ecosystems that provide people with essential natural goods and services often overlap with regions rich in biological diversity, underscoring that conserving one also protects the other, according to a new study। Titled Global Conservation of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, the report confirms the value of making biological diversity a priority for conservation efforts. It shows that more than 70 percent of the world's highest priority areas for biodiversity conservation also contain significant value in ecosystem services such as fresh water, food, carbon storage, storm buffers and other natural resources that sustain human life and support social and economic development.Scientists from Conservation International (CI), the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont, and the Global Environment Facility found that the value of ecosystem services in the 7 percent of the planet of greatest biodiversity conservation priority was more than dou...
Blue Genes: Sharing and Conserving the World’s Aquatic Biodiversity
2008-01-16 23:03:00 “A wonderfully written and sorely needed guide to the promise of aquatic genetic resources … brimming with important pointers of ways to realize the potential of the little appreciated and frequently abused aquatic genetic resources.” Thomas Lovejoy President, Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
By: Asiaing.com
Chinas Endangered Turtles, Emblems of a Worsening Biodiversity Crisis
2007-12-05 01:53:00 The agenda is simple: The turtle must not die. Earlier this year, scientists concluded that she is the planets last known female Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle. She is about 80 years old and weighs almost 90 pounds.
By: Get rich
Acção de protesto no âmbito do Congresso Business and Biodiversity ?F.C. Gu
2007-11-12 10:40:00 Bem haja Venho por este meio informar que, dando seguimento ao meu dever cívico e direito de manifestação em defesa do ambiente, voltarei a fazer uma acção denunciando o paradigma do Turismo INsustentável desenvolvido na Serra da Estrela - Parque Natural. Desta vez a mesma decorrerá no primeiro dia da iniciativa da presidência Portuguesa da União Europeia Business and Biodiversity A acção decorrerá entre as 7.30 e as 13.00 do dia 12 de Novembro (hoje) junto à entrada principal da Fundação Gulbenkian na Avenida de Berna. "Ninguém cometeu maior erro do que aquele que não fez nada só porque podia fazer muito pouco". Edmund Burke Luis Avelar? LA 96 11 22 437 LisboaComunicado em Anexo
By: Mafia da Cova
RP: Biodiversity Loss and Humanity
2007-06-26 16:18:00 Original posting from almost two years ago, on my original blog. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) - Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Biodiversity Synthesis report (the linked file is a large, 13.7Mb PDF, sorry). For those who don’t know, MA is an international work program designed to meet the needs of decision makers and the public for ...
By: Migrations
Biodiversity: read the fine print
2007-06-05 19:48:00 In the first few years since the passage of the Biodiversity Act, it has become evident that rather than promote conservation, the law merely ...
BioBlitz in Ithaca: Come Join Us In Exploring Biodiversity
2007-04-11 17:45:00 BioBlitz: an inventory of all living organisms in a given area. A bioblitz has the dual aims of establishing the degree of biodiversity in an area and popularizing science. Botanists, mycologists and entomologists all play a role. Some BioBlitzes are an annual event. Scientists establish a base at a point close to the ...
By: Migrations
Excess nutrients lead to biodiversity loss
2007-03-26 16:00:00 IRVINE, Calif., March 26: A U.S. study of experimental grasslands suggests giving plants too many nutrients can lead to long-term biodiversity loss.
By: newkerala.com
Wildlife of GOA - one of the richest reservoirs of biodiversity in the worl
2007-03-11 15:14:00 Few tourists to Goa are aware that about one-third of Goa is forest land and that it is one of the richest reservoirs of biodiversity in the world. A Goan Tourist penned down the following abstract which tells us about Goa’s Wildlife and Nature. I was returning from Belgaum, a neighbouring Karnataka town, via Tillary at ...
By: Goa Blog
Biodiversity and GlobalWarming Awareness2007
2007-03-09 10:43:00 Overall, biodiversity is forecast to decrease in the future as a result of a multitude of pressures, particularly increased land-use intensity, GlobalWarming awareness2007 and associated destruction of natural or semi-natural habitats. The most significant processes are habitat loss and fragmentation (or reconnection, in the case of freshwater bodies); introduction of exotic species (invasives); and direct ...
From Biodiversity And Its Loss
“In terms of humans and
2007-01-15 22:10:01 From Biodiversity And Its Loss “In terms of humans and our relationship with biodiversity, perhaps globally there will become a new class conflict which revolves not over owning the means of production, but over control of biodiversity as this is a fundamental precursor to our survival. It has been suggested that there are three classes of [...]
UN: Defend Mountains as a Source of Biodiversity
2006-12-16 07:12:01 On December 11, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) made a call for a “global alliance to safeguard the world?s mountains as a vital source of both agricultural and wild biodiversity.” The world’s mountains are a vital source of the Earth’s biodiversity that helps feed all animals, including humans. Several crops [...] |
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