invasives, climate change: CBD headlines 3 November 2009

CBD News Headlines - 03 November 2009

INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES

Once aquarium plant, now threat to lakes Winnipeg Free Press, 03 November 2009 An invasive species introduced to North America in the 1980s as an aquarium plant has surfaced in a Manitoba lake and threatens to choke off that lake and others. More: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Once-aquarium-plant-now-threat-to-lakes-68542607.html

Weeds threaten wildlife and create fire hazard in Deep South USA Today, 03 November 2009 MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An invader is on the march in the Deep South, threatening wildlife habitats, timber and agricultural production, and creating fire hazards. More: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2009-11-02-grass-weeds-south_N.htm

BIOSAFETY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Le sans OGM a sa définition Actualitiés News Environnement, 03 November 2009 Le Haut conseil sur les biotechnologies (HCB) a publié sa définition du « sans OGM » qui est, selon Greenpeace, « la moins mauvaise possibilité de maintenir et amplifier les filières sans OGM … » More: http://www.actualites-news-environnement.com/21887-sans-OGM-definition.html

BUSINESS AND BIODIVERSITY

Chocolate Goes Green: Kraft Rolls out Sustainable Sweet Treats TriplePundit, 03 November 2009 Kraft Foods recently announced it is launching a type of chocolate derived from sustainable cocoa farming. The premium dark chocolate, Cote d'Or, contains cocoa from farms that meets Rainforest Alliance Certified standards. More: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalNewsNetwork/~3/qEP1PLZfRwY/40653

Sahara Sun 'to help power Europe' BBC News, 03 November 2009 A sustainable energy initiative that will start with a huge solar project in the Sahara desert is announced by a consortium of 12 European businesses. More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/8337735.stm

CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change will burn Yosemite BBC News, 03 November 2009 Scientists unravel how warming temperatures will trigger more wild fires in California's Yosemite National Park. More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8334000/8334472.stm

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST BIODIVERSITY

Without reinstatement of key provision, REDD could subsidize large-scale forest destruction Mongabay (India), 03 November 2009 The elimination of a key provision from the negotiating text for the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in developing countries (REDD) mechanism could turn the proposed climate change mitigation scheme into a subsidy for large-scale conversion of natural forests to industrial plantations, warned environmentalists today at the resumption of U.N. climate change negotiations in Barcelona. More: http://news.mongabay.com/2009/1102-forests.html

CLIMATE CHANGE; MOUNTAIN BIODIVERSITY

Climate Worries To Send Nepal Cabinet To Everest Base Planet Ark, 03 November 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepal's cabinet plans to meet at the base camp of Mount Everest this month to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of next month's U.N. negotiations on climate change, a minister said on Monday. More: http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/55304

ENDANGERED SPECIES

Flying frog and mountain mouse among new species in danger of going extinct Telegraph (UK), 03 November 2009 A mouse found in the mountains of Madagascar a lizard that can run across water and a flying frog have all been added to this year's 'red list' of species in danger of going extinct. More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6486724/Flying-frog-and-mountain-mouse-among-new-species-in-danger-of-going-extinct.html

Indonesia activist hunts poachers of endangered wildlife Los Angeles Times, 03 November 2009 Irma Hermawati, who works for a nonprofit, seeks to stem a lucrative trade in rare animals, including orangutans and the Sumatran tiger, that is evident in teeming Indonesian markets. The monkey, shackled to an iron stake, paced a narrow strip of dirt filled with its own excrement. As people laughed and pointed, the creature bared its teeth and lunged at the end of its line. More: http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/environment/~3/PulRi0Mbeg0/la-fg-indonesia-wildlife2-2009nov02,0,1236109.story

Un tercio de las especies, en peligro de extinción El Mundo , 03 November 2009 La nueva 'lista roja' de especies amenazadas incluye al 21% de los mamíferos, un tercio de los anfibios y el 12% de las aves del planeta. Leer . Escuchar More: http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/11/02/ciencia/1257184713.html

Species' extinction threat grows BBC News, 03 November 2009 More than a third of species assessed by a global biodiversity study are threatened with extinction, scientists warn. More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/8338880.stm

EX-SITU CONSERVATION

Des bisons élevés au parc animalier de Thoiry pour repeupler les forêts des Carpates Le Monde, 03 November 2009 Ils ont traversé cinq pays et parcouru 2 200 km à bord d'un camion spécialement aménagé. More: http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2009/11/02/des-bisons-eleves-au-parc-animalier-de-thoiry-pour-repeupler-les-forets-des-carpates_1261580_3244.html#xtor=RSS-3244

FOREST BIODIVERSITY

L’ONU crée un groupe d’experts sur le financement d’une gestion durable des forêts Actualitiés News Environnement, 03 November 2009 L’ONU a annoncé la création d’un groupe d’experts sur le financement d’une gestion durable des forêts. Le Forum des Nations Unies sur les forêts a en effet pris la décision de créer un groupe spécial intergouvernemental d’experts chargé de réfléchir au financement d’une gestion durable des forêts. More: http://www.actualites-news-environnement.com/21880-onu-experts-financement-gestion-durable-forets.html

Five nations sign up to UN initiative to tackle deforestation UN News Centre, 03 November 2009 2 November 2009 – Five countries today joined the United Nations initiative aimed at combating climate change by creating incentives for poorer countries to reverse the trend of deforestation and invest in more sustainable forms of development. More: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32811&Cr=forest&Cr1=

FOREST BIODIVERSITY; BUSINESS AND BIODIVERSITY

Disney to give $7 million to reforestation projects Reuters, 03 November 2009 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Walt Disney Co said on Tuesday it will invest $7 million in forest conservation projects in the Amazon, Congo and United States as part of its effort to reduce emissions, waste and energy use as a corporation. More: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/environment/~3/EU-7j5seMww/idUSTRE5A20SH20091103

GENERAL

China seeds clouds in wheat-growing areas to ease drought Reuters, 03 November 2009 BEIJING (Reuters) - Many Chinese wheat-growing provinces in the north seeded clouds over the weekend to help end a persistent drought and encourage the growth of winter wheat. More: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/environment/~3/icKu4dF8yBo/idUSTRE5A10J920091102

Logging 'caused Nazca collapse' BBC News, 03 November 2009 New evidence suggests the fate of the ancient Nazca society of Peru was entwined with that of the huarango tree. More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8334000/8334257.stm

INLAND WATERS BIODIVERSITY

Landslide risk rises near Three Gorges Dam: report Reuters, 03 November 2009 BEIJING (Reuters) - China's vast Three Gorges reservoir will see a increasing number of landslides and other geological hazards as the water reaches its maximum level this autumn, a magazine report warned on Monday. More: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/environment/~3/8VJ7JuW2qBY/idUSTRE5A11C520091102

INLAND WATERS BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICALS AND POLLUTION

Chemical spills after ship accidents in China Reuters, 03 November 2009 Chinese workers are trying to clean up dangerous chemicals in the central reaches of the Yangtze river and an oil spill near an eastern Chinese port, after two shipping accidents this weekend. More: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnvironmentalNewsNetwork/~3/YkMqFUTruuQ/40649

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Canada Finds Patents No Help For Poorest In Need Of Medicine Intellectual Property Watch, 03 November 2009 Canada's National Bureau of Economic Research today released a report on the relationship between patent protection for pharmaceuticals and investment in development of new drugs since the negotiation of the 1994 World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). The NBER report "Investments in Pharmaceuticals Before and After TRIPS" found that [...] More: http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/11/02/canada-finds-patents-no-help-for-poorest-in-need-of-medicine/

MOUNTAIN BIODIVERSITY

Mt. Kilimanjaro Ice Cap Continues Rapid Retreat New York Times, 03 November 2009 Researchers cannot agree whether the melting is attributable mainly to humanity's role in global warming. More: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=53f115b3dddd02a82dab49cf633c9197

El Kilimanjaro se quedará sin nieves antes de 2022 El Mundo , 03 November 2009 El cambio climático derretirá los últimos glaciares perpetuos de África en menos de dos décadas si no se invierte la tendencia del clima. Leer . Escuchar More: http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/11/02/ciencia/1257187191.html

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