Tag Archives | Biodiversity

Live UN Decade on Biodiversity

By on December 14, 2011 in environment

As the United Nations and the Ministry of Environment of Japan prepare to globally launch the Decade of Biodiversity in Kanazawa, Japan, governments, businesses and ordinary citizens are being asked to do their bit to save our planet’s delicate ecosystem over the next 10 years. With the COP17 summit in Durban concluding with hopes of [...]

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Banking On Biodiversity

By on February 5, 2011 in sustainability

We’re in the midst of a biodiversity crisis, with the worst affected the rural poor in the developing world. Their absolute dependence on the bounty of forests, deserts and coasts means ‘biodiversity loss’ can mean losing all: food, fuel, building material, medicine, forage, livelihoods and culture. The good news is that it can work the [...]

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SA marks Year of Biodiversity

By on January 11, 2010 in indigenous, sustainability

The UN has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB), and South Africa, with its wealth of natural treasures, is set to mark the event along with the rest of the world. The year-long celebration of the variety of life on earth is driven by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), [...]

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