News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 117
The Energy Dilemmas of Roraima, a Unique Part of Brazils Amazon Region
- Inter Press Service
BOA VISTA, Brazil, Dec 21 (IPS) - "Roraima did not have a Caribbean character; now it does, because of its growing relations with Venezuela and Guyana," said Haroldo Amoras, a professor of economics at the Federal University of this state in the extreme north of Brazil.
Global Biodiversity Framework: A Good Compromise
- Inter Press Service
Montreal, Dec 20 (IPS) - In a landmark agreement, all parties of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) adopted the draft Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) to protect at least 30% of the world’s lands and water by 2030.
Biodiversity Agreement Historic But Difficult to Implement
- Inter Press Service
MONTREAL, Dec 19 (IPS) - The pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus), which takes its name from its shape, is found throughout the Caribbean Sea, but its population has declined by more than 80 percent since 1990. As a result, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed it as "critically endangered" due to the effects of the human-induced climate crisis.
Gender Target at COP15: Russias Single Word Objection Holds Up Process
- Inter Press Service
Montreal, Dec 19 (IPS) - Since the beginning of the high-level segment, tensions have been steadily rising at the 15th meeting of the conference of the parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) among all participants, including members of country delegation teams, NGOs, observers, monitors, and media. At the press events held daily at the media center and various other events in the Montreal Convention Center, an outburst of anger and frustration have become a common sight.
Tracking the Impact of Science on Biodiversity Conservation
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, Dec 19 (IPS) - Billy Offland (21), a British sustainability student, went on a two-year 'World Conservation Journey' to bring attention to the biodiversity crisis as the world seeks a deal to protect nature.
Digital Treatment of Genetic Resources Shakes Up COP15
- Inter Press Service
MONTREAL, Dec 16 (IPS) - In addition to its nutritional properties, quinoa, an ancestral grain from the Andes, also has cosmetic uses, as stated by the resource use and benefit-sharing permit ABSCH-IRCC-PE-261033-1 awarded in February to a private individual under a 15-month commercial use contract.
COP15: Impact of Mega Infrastructure Projects on Biodiversity Stay Off-Radar
- Inter Press Service
Dec 15 (IPS) - As the COP entered its crucial second week, negotiations are intensifying now. A slew of new contact groups – meeting mostly behind closed doors – are discussing the minutest details of the Global Biodiversity Framework and the contentious issues within or around it, such as Digital Sequencing Information, Access, and Benefit Sharing. The core aim of all these groups is to talk and resolve all issues and produce a draft treaty that will be acceptable to all parties.
COP15: Unsustainable Infrastructure Threatens Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
MONTREAL, Dec 15 (IPS) - Created in 2016, the Mexican Caribbean Biosphere Reserve (MCBR) hosts 1900 species of animals and plants and contains half of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second largest in the world after Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
COP27 Fails Women and Girls - High Time to Redefine Multilateralism (Part 3 of 3)
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Dec 14 (IPS) - As COP27 was coming to a close, the leader of the Youth Constituency of UNFCCC declared in an emotion-choked voice that "Incredible young people from the global North and the global South are standing together in solidarity asking for action. We need to look for more than hope. We need those in power to actually listen and implement the solutions”.
Solar Energy Benefits Children and Indigenous People in Northern Brazil
- Inter Press Service
BOA VISTA, Brazil, Dec 13 (IPS) - Solar energy is booming in Roraima, a state in the far north of Brazil, to the benefit of indigenous people and children in its capital, Boa Vista, and helping to provide a stable energy supply to the entire populace, who suffer frequent electricity shortages and blackouts.
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