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'It has been good and intensive discussions, and we have found a way that both strengthens biodiversity and secures peasant agriculture with its regional production,' said the Ministers for Rural [...]

(PRWeb) - The genetic diversity of livestock and poultry is dwindling, leaving one-third of the worlds protein supply at risk to events such as weather extremes and disease outbreaks. A [...]

(PRWeb) - The American Forest Foundation (AFF) announced today that the Domtar Corporation has joined AFF and its partner, The Nature Conservancy(TNC), in supporting the newly-created Family Forest Carbon Program [...]

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Manuel E. Ventura Robles, reaffirmed the commitment of Costa Rica and the Foreign Ministry to the environment and recalled that the protection of the natural [...]

United States, March 22 -- Today, on the United Nations' International Day of Forests, XPRIZE is releasing the Future of Forests Impact Roadmap, created in partnership with Kimberly-Clark Corporation. The [...]

The 'Climate change in Western Australia - issues paper' identifies 11 focus areas for discussion, The WA community, business and industry are encouraged to have their say to help shape [...]

With the twin crises of climate change and wildlife loss accelerating, leaders are trying to build momentum ahead of the meeting in Kunming, China, in May, where nearly 200 countries [...]

DS Smith, the sustainable packaging company, has joined other leading businesses in signing up for Business for Natures Call for Action to reverse the loss of biodiversity, urging government to [...]

An international group of almost fifty scientists identified 75 emerging innovations and has drawn up 8 action points with the aim of accelerating the transition to a sustainable and healthy [...]

Vietnam features extensive ethnolinguistic diversity and occupies a key position in Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA). Vietnam, with its borders to China, Laos and Cambodia, has a rich geographical diversity, and [...]

Rainforest Trust, a global leader in the protection of tropical ecosystems and endangered wildlife, announced today that James C. Deutsch has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. In this role, he [...]

The existence of coral reefs, in all their abundant biodiversity and beauty, relies largely on a complex symbiosis between reef-building corals and their intracellular microalgae. This finely tuned, fragile partnership [...]

The Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC (Molpus), a timberland investment management organization headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, has, on behalf of two clients, successfully purchased approximately 66,946 acres of timberland in southeast [...]

Summary: Ahead of the United Nations' International Day of Forests on 21 March, Forestry South Africa research and protection director Dr Ronald Heath talks about how the commercial forestry industry [...]

(GlobeNewswire) - (UPM Helsinki, 17 March 2020 at 10:00 EET) UPM is one of the first companies to link the pricing mechanism of a syndicated revolving credit facility (RCF) to [...]

(GlobeNewswire) - (UPM Helsinki, 17 March 2020 at 10:00 EET) UPM is one of the first companies to link the pricing mechanism of a syndicated revolving credit facility (RCF) to [...]

Five conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Customs and Border Protection today over their decision to reconstruct a northern Idaho road on the Canadian border that would [...]

Five conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Customs and Border Protection today over their decision to reconstruct a northern Idaho road on the Canadian border that would [...]

Rwanda and DR Congo have signed an agreement aimed at monitoring safe exploitation of methane gas and protection of biodiversity in Lake Kivu. The deal was signed by Minister for [...]

Rwanda and DR Congo have signed an agreement aimed at monitoring safe exploitation of methane gas and protection of biodiversity in Lake Kivu. The deal was signed by Minister for [...]

The Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation is already preparing financial assistance for fishermen for the second time. Financial assistance is associated with a significant reduction in the overall [...]

Summary: Indigenous and local communities face threats from biodiversity loss... Indigenous and local communities face threats from biodiversity loss... Worldwide, 80% of forest loss is caused by agricultural expansion, more [...]

Santiago International Airports (SCL) concessionaire, Nuevo Pudahuel, has embarked on an ambitious environmental plan to reduce the carbon footprint of Chiles main air terminal, with the aim of becoming a [...]

Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Krista Mikkonen will attend the Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) Ministerial Meeting on Environment in Lule, Sweden. At the meeting, Finland will take over [...]

(PRWeb) - Using its own marketplace and cryptocurrency token, Nori incentivizes farmers to practice regenerative farming, a set of principles and practices that increases biodiversity, enriches soils, improves watersheds, and [...]

A single drop of seawater can contain a wide representation of ocean microbes from around the world - revealing novel insights into the ecology, evolution and biotechnology potential of the [...]

The issue of vast fields of solar panels restricting other types of land use is still a controversial one for the PV industry but, as the head of Germanys Federal [...]

Communities, environmental groups and businesses will have greater transparency over the progress of major environmental projects as the Morrison government focusses on deregulation reform. Projects will be more clearly tracked [...]

The issue of vast fields of solar panels restricting other types of land use is still a controversial one for the PV industry but, as the head of Germanys Federal [...]

(PRWeb) - In the midst of what has been called the planets sixth mass extinction, many scientists describe the rate of species loss on earth as having reached crisis levels. [...]

(PRWeb) - In the midst of what has been called the planets sixth mass extinction, many scientists describe the rate of species loss on earth as having reached crisis levels. [...]

The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) renewed their partnership in integrating and mainstreaming biodiversity into agriculture. [...]

The world's two biggest oil producers reportedly led opposition against plans to examine the risks of climate-manipulating technology such as sucking carbon out of the air, reflective mirrors in space, [...]

It is a scientific collection that goes back centuries, gathered by the likes of Carl Linnaeus, the 'father of taxonomy,' BBC reported.They could have had no inkling that pressed, dried [...]

The production and consumption of food present a complex range of challenges for our planet. Environmental factors such as climate change, environmental pollution and loss of biodiversity and social factors [...]

The latest report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change looks at what global warming is doing to the cold places of Planet Earth. Melting them, of course. You [...]

Countries in Africa can do more to develop tourism in protected areas, which would in turn create jobs in rural places, diversify and grow their economies and improve environmental resilience [...]

Deadline: 18 October 2019 Bahr Bala Plastic Project, implemented by the Lebanese Environment Forum and the Lebanese Eco Movement and funded of the European Union, has launched the call for [...]

There are growing calls to declare climate and nature emergencies. But are these justified? The latest scientific assessments on the state of Earths climate and biodiversity provide robust evidence. The [...]

Summary: A genetic catalogue of the insect pests found on wild and cultivated olive tree species in South Africa is being compiled by a small team of geneticists in the [...]

In Northern Italy in 1996, veterinarian Sergio Capaldo formed an association of farmers in the Cueno province in Piedmont dedicated to producing beef products according to specifications of the Slow [...]

Summary: The selection of seed varieties adapted to a particular climate could be refined if farmers themselves assess their performance, using their plots as small, experimental laboratories... The selection of [...]

Queenslanders can have their say on how the states extraordinary biodiversity values can continue to be protected and improved as the state continues to grow. Minister for Environment Leeanne Enoch [...]

Times are hard for insects. One of the tragic consequences of climate change is a massive reduction in biodiversity. And bugs are suffering a lot worse than other most other [...]

guim.co.uk The Sydney Morning Herald revealed that a new 13-page document had quietly replaced the old 100-page biodiversity conservation strategy just before Christmas on the Department of Environment's website, theguardian.com [...]

The Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Sustainability, Slvia Calv, presented, on Tuesday, the brochures that have been published to present three itineraries around the shelters stored in Comapedrosa, Sorteny and [...]

Summary: Increasingly prolonged periods of severe hot and dry weather during the first summer after wild fires is inhibiting vegetation recovery and causing loss of plant diversity in fynbos... Increasingly [...]

Quotation are invited for Compendium of Biological Diversity Act, rules and notifications, Biodiversity of Odisha at a Glance, and Note Pad 1) Size: 22x14 cm No. of pages: Inner 92 [...]

(GlobeNewswire) - (UPM, Helsinki, 13 December 2016 at 14:30 EET) - The UPM biodiversity programme received an honourable mention in the 2016 corporate biodiversity awards by Finland`s leading corporate responsibility [...]

Summary: The UN's ambitious new Sustainable Development Goals include a target to halt biodiversity loss by 2030. The SDGs have generated a great deal of comment, with questions raised as [...]