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Green 10 steps to halt biodiversity loss by 2010
On the occasion of Green Week 2006, the Green 10 group of environmental NGOs published a leaflet entitled Saving life: 10 simple steps to help halt biodiversity loss by 2010. It contains facts and figures summarising the main concerns related to biodiversity, as well as practical advice on how to prevent biodiversity loss through changing our ...
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COP10: nature talks ended with three inter-linked goals
Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity closed the Nagoya Biodiversity Summit (COP10) by adopting decisions that will permit the community of nations to meet the unprecedented challenges of the continued loss of biodiversity compounded by climate change. The European Environment Agency will continue to support Europe's policymakers in implementing the ensuing measures. The meeting ...
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Japan adopts legislation to combat biodiversity loss
Two days after the G8 Environment Ministers Meeting in Kobe, the National Diet of Japan adopted the Basic Act on Biodiversity. The Act formally recognises biodiversity as a challenge all countries must face and one that needs immediate nonpartisan action. The Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic Party of Japan and the New Komeito have been instrumental in putting the issue high on Diet's ...
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Japan joins Countdown 2010
Japan, which is due to host the 10th UN Biodiversity Conference in 2010, has signed the Countdown 2010 Declaration to halt or reduce the loss of biodiversity. The move came while ministers from Asia gathered at the Eco-Asia Summit in Japan. The local, regional, and national governments of Japan, including the City of Nagoya, the Aichi Prefecture and the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, ...
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Get biodiversity science to decision-makers
Scientists must ensure biodiversity research information reaches decision-makers, say biologists Harold Mooney and Georgina Mace. Global responses to biodiversity loss have been slow, say the authors — partly because environmental agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) lack solid science assessments. We have no baselines and standards for these and lack information on ...
By SciDev.Net
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Call For Evidence On The Economics Of Biodiversity Loss
Today the European Commission launched a six-week-long internet-based call for evidence on the economics of biodiversity loss. Following commitments made at the G8+5 meeting of Environment Ministers in Potsdam in March 2007, the Commission is supporting Germany with the preparatory work for a Review on the Economics of Biodiversity Loss. The Review will be carried out by an independent economist ...
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Halting biodiversity loss – the EU no net loss initiative
The European Commission has published an on-line consultation to seek the public's views on a future EU initiative to halt Biodiversity loss. Biodiversity – the natural world that surrounds us – is in decline around the world, often as a result of human activities. Even when efforts are made to minimize such damage, there is often a residual impact. If we are to stop the decline, ...
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Biodiversity offset policy: dangers that must be avoided
Biodiversity offset policies may inadvertently incentivise behaviours which actually accelerate biodiversity loss, new research has found. The study’s authors identify four ways this can occur and make recommendations for prevention. Biodiversity is declining worldwide. Much of this is the result of developments, from roads to buildings, which destroy and fragment habitat. ...
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World governments failing to deliver on 2010 biodiversity targets
Economic report into biodiversity crisis reveals price of consuming the planet species losses around the ...
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What next for biodiversity protection in the EU?
The European Commission marked the opening of the International Year of Biodiversity with a paper setting out future options for biodiversity policy. Despite past efforts, species extinctions are continuing at alarming rates, and a new vision is required to halt these losses. The Communication sets out a vision and outlines four possible targets to reach it, with different levels of ambition. The ...
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Posters Invited for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Impact Assessment
Poster abstracts are invited for a Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Impact Assessment Special Symposium which will be held in Washington, DC on 7-8 February, 2013. Abstracts will be accepted through 15 December. This symposium will bring together practitioners who work at the cutting edge of biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES) with both policy makers responsible for shaping IA ...
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Biodiversity: Facts and figures
Laura Hood summarises the latest data on the world's biodiversity, with facts and figures on its value and efforts to conserve it. This feature contains the latest data on the extent and the distribution of the world's biodiversity. It also includes the most recent estimates of extinction threats for different groups of species, as well as facts and figures on the value of biodiversity and ...
By SciDev.Net
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UBC opens beaty biodiversity centre
UBC opens Beaty Biodiversity Centre, unveils Canada’s largest blue whale skeleton ...
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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF BIODIVERSITY
The International Day of Biodiversity (IDB), also known as the International Day for Biological Diversity, intends to raise awareness of biodiversity, ecosystems, and to draw public attention to the issues at stake. It is celebrated annually, on 22 May, and was designated by the United Nations General Assembly to coincide with the adoption of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD). In ...
By Article 13
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World Conservation Union welcomes UNEP report on the state of the environment
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) congratulates the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on the release of the Global Environment Outlook 4 (GEO4). IUCN was one of the collaborators behind the report, which is an extensive review of the state of the environment in 2007. The report highlights several key concerns of IUCN, including the impacts of climate change on the environment and ...
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More citizens calling for greater nature protection
Almost nine out of ten Europeans believe that biodiversity loss – the decline and possible extinction of animal species, flora and fauna, natural habitats and ecosystems in Europe – is a problem, according to a new survey. Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik said: "It's good to see that public opinion is increasingly aware of how important biodiversity is. I hope political ...
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Brazilians top biodiversity and Rio+20 awareness poll
Brazilian consumers came out on top for their awareness and understanding of both biodiversity and the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), according to the results of a survey in eight countries released last week (19 May) in São Paulo. The survey has been carried out by the Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT), based in the Netherlands, every year since 2009. This year's ...
By SciDev.Net
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Statement by Commissioner Potočnik on the outcome of the vote in the European Parliament on the Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Regulation
I am pleased with the outcome of the European Parliament's vote today on the important issue of access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from their utilization (ABS). This is a complex issue, but also an important one as it involves implementing international commitments on ABS entered into by the EU in the framework of the United Nations Convention on ...
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Commission calls for a shakeup in EU biodiversity policy
A European Commission conference on biodiversity in Athens has issued a forward-looking message regarding the future biodiversity policy of the European Union. Key findings include the need to improve communication about the loss and its consequences, the importance of thinking about ecosystem protection rather than species protection, and the need to ensure that available funds are indeed ...
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Biodiversity is life. Biodiversity is our life.
To celebrate the launch of the International Year of Biodiversity on 11 January, the European Environment Agency (EEA) is commencing a series of concise, thematic assessments of biodiversity. The first of these '10 messages for 2010' presents the interaction between climate change and biodiversity. Biodiversity embraces the variety of genes, species and ecosystems that constitute life on Earth. ...
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