Sustainable Use and Biodiversity

New biodiversity business models may also help reduce rural poverty. While employment and skills development are a normal part of every business, ...  

A program of support for “Sustainable Development and Biodiversity Conservation for the people of Socotra Islands, Yemen” was signed between UNDP and the ...  

NEW YORK. October 3. KAZINFORM. A hippopotamus sanctuary, an agrofarmers' group and an association of beekeepers are among the 25 projects selected by the United Nations-backed Equator Initiative as winners of ...  

"TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) '' When Hurricane Ike was on its trajectory for the petrochemical industry clustered here, the storm had the makings of an environmental nightmare unlike anything in U.S. history. Of course, that didn't happen. Ike's storm surge was less severe than feared and the...  

More than a fifth of the world's reptiles are threatened with extinction, a new method of monitoring the fortunes of groups of species revealed today.  

Margaret Kriz reports for Yale Environment 360 on the impact of the economic crisis on prospects for passing comprehensive climate legislation next year. Posted October 6, 2008.  

We buy a lot of bottled water. Globally, sales are more than 60-billion dollars a year. Elizabeth Royte just wrote a new book about the whole bottled water phenomenon. It's called 'Bottlemania'. The Environment Report's Lester Graham asked her how we got to where we're carrying a plastic bottle...  

"BARCELONA -- The world must act quickly if it is to brake an unprecedented die off of the Earth's animal and plant life that could have dire consequences for humans as well, top conservationists warned on Sunday. 'There is a clear sense of urgency,' Valli Moosa, president of the International...  

"More intense storms will threaten water infrastructure and increase polluted stormwater runoff as climate change impacts water resources across the United States, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency warns in a proposed climate and water strategy issued Thursday. Shorelines will move as a...  

"This is strange territory. The Dow is down. Wall Street needs a bailout. But in the Washington area and across the country, there is still a bull market in environmental guilt. Sales of carbon offsets -- whose buyers pay hard cash to make amends for their sins against the climate -- are up...  

United Nations Foundation Founder and Chairman Ted Turner joined the Rainforest Alliance, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) today to announce the first-ever globally relevant sustainable tourism criteria at the IUCN World...  

Guardian: Billions of dollars could be raised to help the poorest countries cope with and tackle climate change under proposals to be floated in London this week for new charges on international shipping. Opponents fear the charges - in the form of a fuel tax or selling permits to pollute - will...  

"As governor of a state with a birth-defect rate that's twice the national average, and which has the gloomy status as repository of toxic chemicals from around the world, [Sarah] Palin has pursued environmental policies that seem perfectly crafted to swell the ranks of special-needs kids. It's...  

LONDON - Britain's new minister for energy and climate change must balance efforts to combat global warming against the country's energy security needs, environment and business groups said on Friday.  

Conservation workers remove carp introduced into a Surrey lake without authorisation as part of a project to improve biodiversity.