Understanding agriculture鈥檚 dilemma between food security and conservation 鈥 new publication Agriculture is suffering from a growing dilemma: it needs to feed a fast growing world population, and conserve biodiversity and manage natural resources of an increasingly depleted planet. 鈥 聽
This background paper, produced by 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 in collaboration with ONERC, offers for the first time a comparative analysis of the 28 overseas entities of the European Union. The European Union overseas entities are particularly vulnerable to climate change effects. Mostly tropical islands, they are鈥
This newsletter issue focuses on island conservation, in preparation of the conference "The European Union and its Overseas Entities: Strategies to counter Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss鈥, taking place from 7-11 July 2008 in Reunion Island.
As part of 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播麓s World Conservation Congress (5-14 October 2008, Barcelona, Spain), Sailing to Barcelona will give a voice to creative marine conservation efforts from various corners of the world.
Gland, Switzerland, May 23, 2008 (香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播) 鈥 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 (International Union for Conservation of Nature) offers to share its broad environmental experience to help with the reconstruction efforts in Myanmar. A vital long-term environmental need is to restore coastal ecosystems, following the catastrophic鈥
Bonn, Germany, May 20, 2008 (香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播/GISP) 鈥 Countries should avoid planting crops for biofuels that stand a high risk of becoming invasive species, according to a report released today.聽
A summary in images based on five years of research outside and on ICRISAT Sahelian Center, Niamey, Niger funded by the Ministry for International Cooperation, The Hague, The Netherlands, through Wageningen Agricultural University
Regulations cannot guarantee conservation of biodiversity, reveals the EU-funded research project GEM-CON-BIO. The most successful governance patterns for biodiversity conservation are based on a mix of financial incentives, regulations and voluntary engagement, according to thirty case studies鈥