Nearly a year ago, when the 193 members of the UN Climate Convention pasted the politically charged Copenhagen Accord into the final decisions of their annual conference, many said the agreement would never hold. Others, however, held that the...
From 18 to 29 October, the 193 Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and an uncountable number of civil society actors are expected to meet in Nagoya, Japan for the “Kyoto conference for all living things” – the...
In 2002, the year 2010 was declared to be
the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) by the United Nations General Assembly, and the world committed itself to arresting the decline of biodiversity by 2010.
It didn’t work.
Why...
International trade can drive unsustainable fishing, particularly for high demand or high priced species that are not well managed. For example, bluefin tuna, sharks and corals are being overfished to the point of endangerment to...