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Ambassadors for Biodiversity World Migratory Bird Day 2008

The theme for this year's World...

Global biodiversity slumps 27% in 35 years

The latest data on the global biodiversity of vertebrates shows that it has fallen by almost one-third in the last 35 years. But experts say it may still underestimate the effect humans have had on global species counts....

Biodiversity loss will lead to sick world: experts

Canada Dot Com

The world risks wiping out a new generation of antibiotics and cures for diseases if it fails to reverse the extinction of thousands of plant and animal species, experts warned Wednesday. Biodiversity loss has reached...

U.N. experts to say 2010 biodiversity target elusive

San Diego

BERLIN - Nearly 200 governments will say next week they are unlikely to meet a target of slowing the rate of extinctions of living species by 2010, a failure which could threaten future food supplies. Up to 5,000...

in school:

The Statesman

Generating awareness on environment A three-month long (December-March) awareness campaign on ‘Biodiversity Conservation’ was carried out at KV Fort William as a part of NEAC 2007-08, a Ministry of...

Study unearths nature's value with worm priced at €700m

Irish Times

FRANK McDONALD, Environment Editor FORMER TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern once complained that major road schemes were being held up "because of swans, snails and the occasional person hanging out of a tree". But now a price-tag...

Wildlife numbers plummet globally - WWF

Independent online (SA)

London - The world's wildlife populations have reduced by around a quarter since the 1970s, according to a major report published on Friday by the WWF conservation organisation. Marine species have been particularly hard...

Biodiversity Key to Sustaining Green Growth

All Africa

In December, last...

Ireland unearths multi-million euro worms -

Yahoo Daily News

2 hours, 16 minutes ago DUBLIN (AFP) - Earthworms provide services to Ireland worth over 700 million euros (108 million dollars) a year, according to a government-commissioned study on Monday....

Group agrees on liability for GMO damage

The Boston Globe

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands—An international conference agreed Friday to hold producers or handlers of genetically engineered organisms liable for damage their products cause to native plants or animals when transported...

DNA barcoding project nears completion: COA

Taipei Times

JUST A 'SIDE BENEFIT': The Barcode of Life Databank will use species-specific DNA sequences to identify samples within three days and for less than NT$1,000 Merchants conspiring to pass oilfish for the more expensive cod...

Warning as species drop by third

Ananova

Populations of animal, bird and fish species have dropped by almost a third since 1970, conservationists have warned. The Living Planet Index, which tracks the fortunes of more than 1,400 species of fish, amphibians,...

GM Crop Foes March In Germany As UN Summit Starts

Common Dreams

BERLIN - About 5,000 activists marched through the German city of Bonn on Monday to protest against genetically modified food at the start of a U.N. conference to discuss risks linked to the technology.Campaigners, many...

Germany warns of economic risks from species loss

China Daily

(Agencies) Updated: 2008-05-08 23:43 BERLIN -- Nations must act to slow extinction rates, German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Thursday, arguing the loss of species threatened food supplies for...

Call to save nature's 'hard drive'

Independent online (SA)

By Eleanor Momberg A new generation of antibiotics, new treatments for thinning-bone disease, kidney failure and new cancer treatments could be lost unless the world acts to reverse the alarming rate of biodiversity...