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652. Q&A: 'SAVING TIGERS IS GOOD FOR ECOSYSTEMS, BIODIVERSITY'

Subjects
Ecosystems -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Business, News, opinion and commentary, World Bank Group. World Bank
Abstract

Marwaan Macan-Markar interviews JAMES COMPTON, Asia director of a global wildlife trade monitoring group BANGKOK, Jan. 25, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - The first Asian ministerial meeting to protect the tiger, one [...]

Published
2010

653. PUMA AND UNEP UNVEIL WORLD'S FIRST CONTINENTAL KIT

Subjects
Pollution -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Wildlife conservation -- Protection and preservation, Business, general
Abstract

MEDIA RELEASE PR37770 (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) PUMA and UNEP Unveil World's First Continental Kit - Eto'o & Cameroon Help Launch Strategic Partnership to Support the 2010 [...]

Published
2010

654. PUMA AND UNEP ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORT 2010 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF BIODIVERSITY

Subjects
Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Wildlife conservation -- Protection and preservation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

NAIROBI, Kenya / Herzogenaurach, Germany -- The following information was released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): PUMA and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) were joined today by [...]

Published
2010

655. UN OPENS BIODIVERSITY YEAR WITH PLEA TO SAVE WORLD'S LIFE-SUPPORTING ECOSYSTEMS

Subjects
Ecosystems -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

NEW YORK -- The following information was released by the United Nations: In a bid to curb the unprecedented loss of the world's species due to human activity -- at [...]

Published
2010

656. WORLD BANK GROUP: Campaign for wildlife conservation launched in Vientiane

Subjects
Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Wildlife -- Protection and preservation, Wildlife conservation -- Protection and preservation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Vientiane, Lao PDR, Dec 01, 2009 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Lao PDR government agencies, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, companies and members of the public came together on November 26, [...]

Published
2009

657. WORLD BANK GROUP: World Bank and Global Environment Facility Support Ecosystem Development in the Tien Shan Region

Subjects
Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Sustainable development -- Protection and preservation, Ecosystems -- Protection and preservation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

WASHINGTON, Nov 05, 2009 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$ 3.35 million Global Environment Facility Grant to the Republic of [...]

Published
2009

658. WORLD BANK GROUP: World Bank and Global Environment Facility Support Ecosystem Development in the Tien Shan Region

Subjects
Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Sustainable development -- Protection and preservation, Ecosystems -- Protection and preservation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, World Bank Group. World Bank
Abstract

WASHINGTON,, Nov 04, 2009 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$ 3.35 million Global Environment Facility Grant to the Republic of [...]

Published
2009

659. WORLD BANK AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY SUPPORT ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT IN TIEN SHAN REGION

Subjects
World Bank Group. World Bank, Sustainable development -- Protection and preservation, Ecosystems -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, News, opinion and commentary, Protection and preservation
Abstract

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the World Bank: The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$ 3.35 million Global Environment Facility Grant to the [...]

Published
2009

660. World Bank funding projects to preserve marine biodiversity in S. Philippines

Subjects
Waterfront development -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Business, general, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, World Bank Group. World Bank
Abstract

MANILA, Sep 18, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank has approved Friday a 6.3-million-U.S.-dollar grant for a project that aims to conserve critical coastal and marine biodiversity in [...]

Published
2009

663. UN chief calls for renewed efforts to protect global ecosystems

Subjects
Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Deforestation -- Protection and preservation, Ecosystems -- Protection and preservation
Abstract

UNITED NATIONS, May 22, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The spread of non-native species is harming ecosystems, livelihoods and economies around the world, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday in […]

Published
2009

664. Protecting South Africa's Biological And Cultural Diversity

Author

Lurie, Jacqueline

Subjects
Multiculturalism -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Business, international
Abstract

South Africa is a biodiversity hotspot hosting possibly as many as 1 million species, many endemic to the region. The country is also extremely culturally diverse. Our indigenous communities have [...]

Published
2008

665. Tallying up nature to save its diversity

Author

LaFranchi, Howard

Subjects
Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Species diversity -- Statistics, Environmental associations -- International aspects
Published
1998

667. Preserving biodiversity and local food resources for the enhancement of a sustainable development in West Africa

Author

Borsari, B. and Koerner, I.

Subjects
Research, Tropical crops -- Environmental aspects, Tropical crops -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Native plants -- Protection and preservation, Native plants -- Environmental aspects, Science and technology
Abstract

This paper seeks to reiterate the vulnerability of tropical ecosystems and it advocates the protection of biodiversity. The value of native plant and animal species may still be unclear to [...]

Published
2000

668. Cancer chemotherapy, biodiversity, public and private property: the case of the anti-cancer drug Taxol

Author

Walsh, Vivien and Goodman, Jordan

Subjects
United States -- Environmental policy, Chemotherapy -- Environmental aspects, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Environmental policy -- Social aspects, Medical policy -- Environmental aspects, Industrial research -- Environmental aspects, Cancer -- Drug therapy, Health, Social sciences, Taxol (Medication) -- Evaluation
Abstract

The drug taxol has been hailed by many in the cancer community as a major breakthrough in the treatment of cancer. It has already been approved in use against ovarian and advanced breast cancer in many countries worldwide. Taxol has also promoted profound debates in the policy arena not, as one might expect, because of the characteristics or purposes of the drug itself, but because of other far-reaching effects. Taxol is a complex compound found in the bark of the Pacific yew tree, primarily in Oregon and Washington in the USA. The bark was first collected in 1962 and cytotoxicity demonstrated in 1964. Yet it was not until 1989 that the first results of clinical trials were reported. In the US taxol was then rushed through the Food and Drug Administration's regulatory procedures, approval being granted for use in refractory ovarian cancer in 1992. The controversies surrounding taxol surfaced in 1989 and grew substantially over the next few years. In this paper we examine two principal controversies concerning taxol, the first of which focused on apparent conflicts between the needs of environmental protection and those of cancer chemotherapy. Although the media portrayed this as a clash of interests between the environment and people with cancer, we argue that it was an attempt to increase lay participation in biomedical decision making and policy formulation. The second controversy was between health policy and the transfer of public scientific property to the corporate sector. The pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb was given exclusive rights to provide taxol from Pacific yew trees under a Co-operative Research and Development Agreement signed in 1991. While this was seen to be in the US Government's (as well as the company's) interest, it provoked a public reaction questioning the terms and consequences of the transfer of publicly generated scientific knowledge to the private sector. Keywords: Taxol; Health policy; Environmental policy; Intellectual property; Pacific yew tree; Co-operative research and development agreements; USA

Published
1999

669. Geoengineering ban

Author

Hogue, Cheryl

Subjects
Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Laws, regulations and rules, Biological diversity -- International aspects, Climatic changes -- Control, Climatic changes -- Laws, regulations and rules, Engineering research -- Control, Engineering research -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Chemicals, plastics and rubber industries, Engineering and manufacturing industries
Abstract

More than 190 countries that are parties to the 1992 United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity agreed to ban geoengineering to protect biodiversity on Earth. Geoengineering refers to large-scale intervention to address rapid climate change. Exception is provided for small-scale geoengineering research in a controlled setting.

Published
2010

670. Plant biodiversity, ethnobotany and indigenous rights

Author

Acharya, Deepak and Considine, Mary-Lou

Subjects
Medicine, Primitive -- Analysis, Folk medicine -- Analysis, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Indigenous peoples -- Social aspects -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Civil rights, Ethnobotany -- Analysis, Environmental issues
Abstract

For the indigenous people of Patalkot, India, nature provides inexpensive medicines, nutritious food and building materials that enable them to live well on a low income. Indian ethnobotanists have been [...]

Published
2010

671. Mapping native vegetation loss in the Wet Tropics

Author

Wild, Andrea

Subjects
Vegetation mapping -- Environmental aspects, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Environmental issues
Abstract

From fog rising above the canopy, to fungi bursting from the forest floor and pandanus fringing the sea, native vegetation in Australia's Wet Tropics creates endless images of natural beauty [...]

Published
2010

672. Search for life

Author

Glasner, Joyce

Subjects
Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Wilderness areas -- Protection and preservation, Atlantic Provinces -- Environmental aspects
Published
2009

673. Farmers bid for funding to protect Murray catchment biodiversity

Author

Cordner, Larissa

Subjects
Birds -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Environmental issues, Protection and preservation
Abstract

Through NestEgg, a collaboration between the NSW Murray Catchment Management Authority (MCMA), landholders and CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems Division, farmers are being paid to create the right conditions for birds to [...]

Published
2008

674. Biology and culture: bridging the gap

Subjects
Multiculturalism -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Conferences and conventions -- Planning -- Personalities -- Protection and preservation, Company business planning, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Biological sciences, Earth sciences, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

What do the dialects of indigenous peoples in Papua New Guinea, hunting traditions of the Vuntut Gwitchin people of the Northern Yukon, colobus monkeys in Ghana, and the Zanzibar leopard [...]

Published
2008

675. Rivets and redundancy

Author

Ehrlich, Paul and Walker, Brian

Subjects
Biological diversity conservation -- Management -- Protection and preservation, Ecological research -- Management -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Biological sciences, Company business management, Management, Protection and preservation
Abstract

The issue of how biodiversity is related to the delivery of ecosystem services has been characterized in two different, but related, ways. The 'rivet-popper' hypothesis (Ehrlich and Ehrlich 1981) states [...]

Published
1998

676. Biodiversity requires adaptation in Northwest Europe under a changing climate

Author

Chambers, Claudia and Ball, Emily

Subjects
Wildlife -- Protection and preservation, Wildlife -- Environmental aspects, Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Architecture and design industries, Business, Business, international
Abstract

The impact of climate change on wildlife and the effort of England, France and the Netherlands to protect it from pollution through its Branch Interreg IIB project is discussed.

Published
2007

677. Science in service of indigenous communities: how can biologists help local people conserve biodiversity?

Author

Alcorn, Janis B.

Subjects
Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Indigenous peoples -- Environmental aspects, Biologists -- Practice, Biological sciences
Abstract

Scientists can provide useful services to indigenous communities in high biodiversity areas, but many may not be aware of what assistance can be useful. In this paper, I will discuss several examples of ways in which botanists and ecologists can assist indigenous communities, some of the challenges encountered in such efforts, and opportunities for extending this type of collaboration. The examples will be drawn from pilot efforts supported by the Biodiversity Support Program and will include village-level biodiversity assessments, participatory mapping, land use planning, ecological monitoring, and biological surveys.

Published
1997

678. India regulations: Protectionist legislation passed

Subjects
Natural resources -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Natural resources -- India, Natural resources industry software, Business, Business, international, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

COUNTRY BRIEFING FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT The much-awaited Biological Diversity Bill, which seeks to effectively curb the problem of bio-piracy by providing tough punishment for offenders, has been approved [...]

Published
2003

679. Talks Seek to Prevent Huge Loss of Species

Author

Stevens, William K.

Subjects
United Nations -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration -- International relations, Mass extinction theory -- Protection and preservation, Ecosystems -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Global temperature changes -- Protection and preservation, Wildlife conservation -- Protection and preservation
Abstract

AS the world approaches the day of decision on a treaty to deal with the threat of global warming, separate negotiations on another overarching environmental question, maintaining biological diversity, are […]

Published
1992

680. Two kinds of heritage

Author

Cruikshank, Tom

Subjects
Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Livestock farms, Agricultural industry, Environmental issues, Regional focus/area studies
Published
2004

682. Funding dispute could hold up biodiversity treaty

Author

Tickell, Oliver

Subjects
United Kingdom -- Environmental policy, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Environmental protection -- Analysis, Environmental issues, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

British ratification of the UN biodiversity convention depends on the future management and continuation of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). Britain prefers to have the GEF managed by an executive council run by the staff of the World Bank. Many environmental groups, however, prefer to have the GEF replaced by a new fund under the direct control of signatories to the convention to ensure support for ecological conservation at the local community level.

Published
1994

683. The problem with wilderness

Author

Recher, Harry

Subjects
Australia -- Environmental policy, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Nature conservation -- Economic aspects, National parks and reserves -- Usage, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

Australia's patchwork system of small national parks is insufficient to protect the biodiversity of Australia's animals and plants. The author suggests that as long as the desire for growth and excessive consumption outweighs the need to set aside more land, Australia's environmental protection program will not be sufficient.

Published
2003

684. The paradox of Biophilia. (Note from a World Watcher)

Author

Ayres, Ed

Subjects
Nature conservation -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Wildlife conservation -- Protection and preservation, Environmental issues, Protection and preservation
Abstract

Edward O. Wilson wasn't the first to use the term 'biophilia,' but he brought it into popular discussion. His interest, as reflected in Biophilia (Harvard University Press, 1984) and with [...]

Published
2002

685. Nature's space invaders: invasive plants and animals run amok in new lands, resulting in a homogenized natural world

Author

Baskin, Yvonne

Subjects
Invasive species -- Environmental aspects, Invasive species -- Control, Biological invasions -- Environmental aspects, Biological invasions -- Control, Nature conservation -- Methods, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Environmental issues, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

The author presents consumer-oriented tips on how to control the spread of invasive species, both plants and animals. The include buying locally produced goods, encourage garden shops and landscaping firms to offer native plants, and urging fish and game officials to stock native species.

Published
2002

686. On the buzz of ecotourism. (Tourism Concern)

Author

Barnett, Tricia

Subjects
Travel -- Ethical aspects -- United Kingdom, Ecotourism -- Ethical aspects -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Geography, Protection and preservation, Ethical aspects
Abstract

`Ecotourism' -- it's a buzzword this year as 2002 has been declared the International Year of Ecotourism by the UN. Anything that helps people to appreciate the natural world is [...]

Published
2002

687. How to save biodiversity

Author

Wilson, Edward O.

Subjects
Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Environmental issues, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

Suggestions for preserving biodiversity include protecting critical and immanently threatened ecosystems, maintaining frontier forests, prohibiting all old-growth logging, develop biodiversity maps to improve cost-effectiveness in conservation, and make environmental policies profitable.

Published
2002

688. Orcas in danger. (International Marine Mammal)

Author

Anderson, Will

Subjects
Killer whale -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Environmental issues, International relations, Zoology and wildlife conservation, Protection and preservation
Abstract

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON -- The name and the familiar black-and-white image of the orca, the 'killer whale,' is omnipresent in this town. There is the Orca Inn, Orca Electric and even [...]

Published
2002

689. BIODIVERSITY : NATURA 2000: 166 NEW PROTECTED SITES ADDED TO NETWORK

Subjects
Data security -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity conservation -- Protection and preservation, Security software -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Network security software, Data security issue, Business, Environmental services industry, Business, international
Abstract

Nearly 18,800 km² have been added to the European network of protected natural areas, Natura 2000, including a major addition of marine areas covering 17,000 km², which will increase protection [...]

Published
2011

690. Conservation in Qatar: impacts of increasing industrialization

Author

Richer, Renee

Subjects
Qatar -- Environmental aspects, Qatar -- Economic aspects, Environmental degradation -- Political aspects, Environmental degradation -- Forecasts and trends, Environmental degradation -- Qatar, Industrial development -- Influence, Industrial development -- Social aspects, Industrial development -- Environmental aspects, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Environmental impact analysis -- Methods, Environmental protection -- Laws, regulations and rules, Environmental sustainability -- Economic aspects, Environmental sustainability -- Social aspects, Market trend/market analysis, Government regulation, Political science, Convention on Biological Diversity
Abstract

Industrial development in the State of Qatar is taking place at an unprecedented rate. Such development is putting the environment at the risk, threatening ecosystem services and biological diversity. While Qatar is currently developing the legislation, regulatory bodies, and management agencies for successful ecosystem management and conservation efforts, the full implementation of these protective measures has yet to be achieved. This is in part due to a lack of scientific expertise and trained personnel as well as the early stage of environmental development in the country. While strides have been taken by the State of Qatar, the question remains whether they can be implemented in a timely fashion to ensure that current and future development projects support the country's goal of sustainable development., Foreword Like all industrial countries, Qatar is facing environmental degradation and the challenges posed by the loss of ecosystem services. However, unlike many countries, Qatar is extremely small, hot and [...]

Published
2009

691. BIODIVERSITY IN TROPICAL ZONES

Subjects
European Union. European Commission -- Environmental policy, Ecosystems -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Economics, Business, international, Protection and preservation, Environmental policy
Abstract

Protecting biodiversity and ecosystems in the European Union's tropical and overseas territories is the objective of NET-BIOME, a new research initiative launched on 10 May by the European Commission. It [...]

Published
2007

692. ENVIRONMENT : BIODIVERSITY PLACED UNDER CLOSE INTERNATIONAL SURVEILLANCE

Subjects
European Union. European Commission -- Environmental policy, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Economics, Business, international, Protection and preservation, Environmental policy
Abstract

With its announcement, on 9 May in Washington, of the launch of the SpeciesBase' project, the European Commission confirmed the European Union's participation in the creation of a Global Species [...]

Published
2007

693. BIODIVERSITY : MANDATE FOR WORLD CONFERENCE ON BIODIVERSITY

Subjects
European Union. Council of the European Union -- Environmental policy, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, United Nations Convention on the Biodiversity, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Economics, Business, international, Protection and preservation, Environmental policy
Abstract

Action is urgently needed if the target to cut loss of biodiversity by half by 2010 is to be met, EU Environment Ministers insisted on 9 March, waving through a [...]

Published
2006

694. My skirmish with an alien invader

Author

Hall, Doug

Subjects
Gardening -- Environmental aspects, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Plant introduction -- Environmental aspects, Purple loosestrife -- Environmental aspects
Abstract

For the first summer in years, the purple spires of lythrum are absent from my garden. I finally did the right thing and exterminated it. Lythrum salicaria, which also goes […]

Published
1997

695. NATURE CONSERVATION: NO NEW OR SPECIFIC FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT FOR NATURA 2000 NETWORK

Subjects
Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, international, Economics, European Union -- Environmental aspects, European Union -- Powers and duties
Abstract

The Commission once again warns that the general state of biological diversity in Europe is mediocre and current trends point to a further deterioration, according to COM(2004)431. However, the EU [...]

Published
2004

696. Wildlife

Subjects
United States. Congress -- Environmental policy, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1982, Environmental issues, Zoology and wildlife conservation, Protection and preservation, Environmental policy
Abstract

New studies show the advantages of protecting biodiversity, but the U.S. Congress fails to take heed. After decades of decline, the future of America's national symbol, the bald eagle, looks [...]

Published
1995

697. New hunter-gatherers

Author

Lustgarden, Steve

Subjects
Medicine, Herbal -- Research, Tropics -- Natural history, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Pharmaceutical industry -- Research
Abstract

The International Cooperative Biodiversity Group is a research group charged with finding medicinal herbs and bugs in tropical countries. It is hoped that the discovery of new therapeutic herbs will help preserve biodiversity and give host countries a source of income.

Published
1994

699. BIODIVERSITY: ENVIRONMENT HAS TO BE REFLECTED IN ALL POLICY AREAS

Subjects
European Union. European Commission -- Environmental policy, Environmental law, International -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Economics, Business, international, Protection and preservation, Environmental policy
Abstract

World-wide, a total of 11,046 species of plants and animals face a high risk of extinction in the near future, in almost all cases as a result of human activity. [...]

Published
2001

700. So much to save

Subjects
Biological diversity -- Protection and preservation, Endangered species -- Protection and preservation
Published
1992

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