Biodiversiteit nieuws
Op deze pagina presenteerd NLBIF een selectie van nationaal en internationaal biodiversiteitnieuws afkomstig van verschillende nieuws-sites, de berichten worden gefilterd op basis van relevantie voor biodiversiteit en wetenschap.
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Climate change and forest genetic diversity: implications for sustainable forest management in Europe
12 / 12 / 2007, Eldis BiodiversityClimate change is increasingly recognised as one of the most important challenges faced globally by ecosystems and societies alike. Climate change will alter the environmental conditions to which...
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Patents: taken for granted in plans for a global biofuels market
23 / 11 / 2007, Eldis BiodiversityUnderstanding patent policy is crucial for predicting how the biofuels technologies can aid or hinder sustainable development. This article examines the influence that patents will have on the...
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Link between spirit forest and biodiversity conservation: case study at Son la province
02 / 11 / 2007, Eldis BiodiversityThis study examines spirit forest in two communities in Son la province, Vietnam. Using a participatory approach, it analyses traditional regulation, local knowledge on spirit forest and...
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UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative: BioTrade principles and criteria
25 / 10 / 2007, Eldis BiodiversityThe BioTrade principles and criteria have been defined by the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative and the BioTrade national programmes, and provide the core of the conceptual framework underlying the...
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Women in backyards: root crop production and biodiversity management in backyards: a case study in five selected woredas of Tigray regional state, Northern Ethiopia
22 / 10 / 2007, Eldis BiodiversityHow can women produce and benefit better from their backyards? How to introduce drought resistant and highly nutritional root crops along while maintaining the biodiversity of plants in backyards...
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Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities.
31 / 08 / 2007, Eldis BiodiversityThis study assesses what evidence there is of the biodiversity business case from a financial sector’s perspective and what types of biodiversity business risks financial institutions can be...
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Sustainable management of common natural resources in Mongolia (Ph III)
27 / 06 / 2007, Eldis BiodiversityCommunities have coped for millennia through extremes of flood and drought by cooperatively managing shared natural resources, and by cultivating a variety of robust, indigenous crop types that...
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Climate change impacts on East Africa: a review of scientific literature
22 / 06 / 2007, Eldis BiodiversityThis report highlights some of the major impacts of climate change on conservation for East African countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. It also illustrates that climate change...
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Farmers’ rights and agrobiodiversity
24 / 05 / 2007, Eldis BiodiversityIn 2004, the members of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) adopted the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, which includes an article on Farmers’...
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Networking people and nature in the city: inspiration, issues and challenges
21 / 05 / 2007, Eldis BiodiversityThis booklet discusses the work being done by Cape Flats Nature to build a pioneering partnership that tests, experiments and develops an alternative, social nature conservation practice in...