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UN Biodiversity Conference diminished by no-show NGOs

International green activist groups stayed away from COP11 on the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Hyderabad. Was this wise?

Published October 20, 2012
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged activism, biodiversity, CBD COP11

CBD COP11 News round-up – early October 19th

As COP11 negotiations enter the final day in Hyderabad, here’s a round up of the current state of play for UN efforts to halt the loss of biodiversity.

Published October 19, 2012
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged biodiversity, CBD COP11

COP11 goes down to the wire

COP11 is scheduled to conclude in Hyderabad tomorrow. Will agreement on biodiversity finance be reached by CBD negotiators and how will it look?

Published October 18, 2012
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged biodiversity, CBD COP11

Developing countries threaten to suspend Aichi Biodiversity Targets

The stakes are rising as negotiations at COP11 of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity reach their endgame in Hyderabad. Finance is the sticking point.

Published October 18, 2012
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged biodiversity, CBD COP11

High-Level Panel hits biodiversity loss with cost-benefit analysis

The High-Level Panel estimate of costs of the Aichi Targets on Biodiversity presents COP11 decision-makers with a conventional economic analysis. Is this the answer for biodiversity?

Published October 17, 2012
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged biodiversity, CBD COP11, teeb

CBD COP11 News round-up for October 16th

News round-up for Tuesday October 16 at COP11 of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity

Published October 17, 2012
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged biodiversity, CBD COP11

CBD COP11 News round-up for Monday October 15th

News round-up for Monday October 15 at COP11 of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity

Published October 16, 2012
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged biodiversity, CBD COP11

Diary clash for world food and biodiversity talks

Negotiations on the UN Convention on Biological Diversity may stumble over finance. World food talks in Rome in the same week have similar problems. Agriculture and biodiversity are closely linked. Why have such separate meetings?

Published October 15, 2012
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged biodiversity, CBD COP11, development finance, food security
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Sluggish in the doldrums of what happens.
Me waiting until I was nearly fifty
To credit marvels. Like the tree-clock of tin cans
The tinkers made. So long for air to brighten,
Time to be dazzled and the heart to lighten.

Seamus Heaney, from Seeing Things