Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Stephen Leahy NAGOYA, Japan, Oct 21, 2010 (IPS) – Blame Canada if countries fail to agree to a new binding treaty to curb the rapid loss of plant, animal and species that form the intricate web of life that sustains humanity. That is the view of indigenous [...]
Nagoya Offers a New Opportunity For Biodiversity
October 18, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Taro Ichikawa IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TOKYO (IDN) – The gathering is global and unprecedented in numbers. Its medium-term objective is ambitious. Its vision extends to the middle of the century. If all goes well, negotiators from around the world meeting in Nagoya until October 29 will agree on [...]
Biodiversity at the Cliff’s Edge
October 18, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Stephen Leahy* NAGOYA, Japan, Oct 18, 2010 (Tierramérica) – What nature gives us is often taken for granted, but if its basic elements disappear, human life on Earth would not be possible. The mission of the biodiversity summit under way in Nagoya is to reverse the headlong [...]
ENVIRONMENT-MALAYSIA: Tougher Wildlife Laws Not Enough, Say Activists
September 28, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Baradan Kuppusamy KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 28, 2010 (IPS) – After years of losing the war against animal traffickers and poachers, Malaysia has finally responded with the passage of a new wildlife conservation law. But experts say it might be too late for some of this South-east Asian [...]
UN Proposes Rescue Package to Halt Loss of Biodiversity
September 23, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Richard Johnson IDN-InDepth News Analysis GENEVA (IDN) – Ecosystems — and the biodiversity that underpins them — support livelihoods around the world and generate services worth between $21 trillion and up to $72 trillion a year. This is comparable to World Gross National Income in 2008 of [...]
Japan-Africa Meet Pledges to Combat Biodiversity Loss
September 20, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Hiroshi Nagai* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TOKYO (IDN) – Japan has called for a more robust global approach to tackle the world’s deteriorating biodiversity crisis, pledged to strengthen its assistance to the continent and outlined key strategies to meet the challenge. The appeal and pledge were made at the [...]
Livelihoods at Stake as African Freshwater Species Die
September 9, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Richard Johnsons IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis GENEVA (IDN) – The livelihoods of millions of people are at risk because 21 percent of freshwater species in continental Africa are threatened with extinction, warns a new report and adds that with so much to lose, inland waters must be managed not [...]
MEXICO: Risk of Exotic Pets Morphing into Invasive Pests
July 21, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY, Jul 20, 2010 (IPS) – Turtles, frogs, toads and many kinds of birds are imported into Mexico as pets by the thousands every year, but they constitute an environmental and economic threat when they are invasive exotic species. Since April a reform of [...]
No Need to Despair on Biodiversity
July 20, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By IDN Environment Desk IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis (IDN) – Humankind will suffer annual losses of ‘natural capital’ valued at between 1.3 to 3.1 trillion Euros, if ‘business as usual’ deforestation and land use change continue, according to United Nations’ latest estimates. These stupendous figures exceed the total financial capital [...]
Rendezvous with Planet Earth
July 9, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint BERLIN (IDN) – 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. And we all have a rendezvous with Planet Earth this year. In order that as many of us as possible feel encouraged to make it to the venue at the right point in [...]
