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Biodiversity
What Price Ecosystem? The
G8 nations have ordered a study of the economic value of biological
diversity that could help shift the policy paradigm in favorable
ways. Despite warnings about a ‘Stern’-like assessment of
biodiversity losses (see this Open Letter),
ecological accountings such as this one recently tabulated for the New
Jersey Pine Barrens may become standard policy documents.
Nature Conservancy Easements Falling Short>Story >Questions, Comments >Related Blogs A
review of conservation easements held by The Nature Conservancy reveals
private use flaws in the biodiversity protection provided by this
instrument.
>Story >Questions, Comments >Related Blogs Biodiversity Loss Tied to Economic Inequality
An
interdisciplinary team of researchers has uncovered a connection
between growing economic inequality and an increase in the number of
plant and animal species that are threatened with extinction. >Story >Questions, Comments >Related Bogs Improving Indicator Groups for Conservation >Story >Questions, Comments >Related Blogs Ban on Endangered Wildlife May Fuel Trade
One
of the most hotly debated CITES related issues these days concerns the
efficacy of banning trade versus strictly regulating, but still
allowing, a degree of commerce. Some argue that banning the trade
in endangered wildlife can actually result in increased trade in the
animals and their parts. >Story >Questions, Comments >Related Blogs Zimbabwe Dehorns Rhino to Deter Poachers
DNA Analysis Uncovers Minke Whale Kills UnderreportedFurry-Clawed Asian Crabs in Delaware And Chesapeake Bays
50 New Insect Species Found in ThailandCaptive Breeding Program Working for Sonoran Pronghorn Australia Looks to Cut Down 3,000 Voracious Kangaroos Five New Nudibranchs in Pacific Panama 24 New Amphibs, Fish and Insect Species In Suriname Business Corporations and Finance
Citigroup Commits US$50 Billion to Green Projects >Story >Questions, Comments >Related Blogs PepsiCo Goes Carbon Neutral in US A three year purchase of more than 1 billion kWh of Green-e certified Renewable Energy Credits to match the electricity consumed by all PepsiCo U.S.-based manufacturing facilities, headquarters, distribution centers and regional offices is the largest corporate purchase of RECs in US history. World Bank: US$296M to Develop Power Markets The first project will develop an electrical grid in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
>Story >Questions, Comments >Related Blogs North Face Founder Buys Tracts of South America
The
American multimillionaire who founded the North Face and Esprit
clothing lines says he is trying to save the planet by buying bits of
it. First Douglas Tompkins purchased a huge swath of southern Chile,
and now he's hoping to save the northeast wetlands of neighboring
Argentina >Story >Questions, Comments >Related Blogs Climate
500th U.S. City Pledges to Reduce Global Warming On May 15, 2007, Tulsa, Oklahoma became the 500th city to sign the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, a voluntary commitment by U.S. cities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and global warming pollution in their communities to 7 percent below 1990 levels by 2012. The 500 U.S. cities that have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions are home to more than 64 million Americans, more than 20 percent of the entire U.S. population. Quebec to Apply Canada's First Carbon Tax Do Observations and Climate Models Agree? This meta-study shows that the models tend to underestimate the speed and intensity of global warming. Comparing the output of more than a dozen models participating in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report that calculated sea ice, they found that nearly all of the models overestimated annual minimum Arctic sea ice area, in many cases by large amounts. >Story &n | |
