IDN InDepthNews informs on topics related to globalization, global governance and international cooperation http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=BD Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:32:50 +0100 http://indepthnews.net/images/rechts.jpg http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=BD 292 117 IDN InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters de-de rjaura@globalommedia.com(Ramesh Jaura) jbusse@globalommedia.com(Joerg-Werner Busse) 60 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-20%2009:32:50&key2=1 By IDN Environment Desk IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis (IDN) - Humankind will suffer annual losses of natural capital valued at between 1.3 to 3.1 trillion Euros, if business as usual deforestation and land use change continue, according to United Nations latest estimates. These stupendous figures exceed the total financial capital lost to Wall Street and City banks during 2008, their worst year in history. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-20%2009:32:50&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-09%2003:01:59&key2=1 By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint BERLIN (IDN) - 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. And we all have a rendezvous with Planet Earth this year. In order that as many of us as possible feel encouraged to make it to the venue at the right point in time, the United Nations has launched some of the most innovative initiatives. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-09%2003:01:59&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-08%2002:51:08&key2=1 By Indira Srivastava IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis GENEVA (IDN) - Global wildlife trade has increased significantly since 1975, when the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was signed. But not a single one of some 34,000 species listed by the Convention has become extinct as a result of boost in trade. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-08%2002:51:08&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-18%2001:23:38&key2=1 By Luc Gnacadja* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint BONN (IDN) - Six to ten inches (18-25 cm) of topsoil are all that stand between us and extinction. There's far more to this than food. The things that live in and grow from this irreplaceable and finite resource also keep us clothed, the air and water clean, the land green and pleasant and the human soul refreshed. Only now are we starting to comprehend how the tiny life forms in soil sustain productivity and the greater environmental balance. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-18%2001:23:38&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-05%2015:06:30&key2=1 By IDN Environment Desk IDN-InDepth NewsFacts (IDN) - What the 'Mother Earth' is worth to its inhabitants is no longer a mystery. 'The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)', hosted by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and a myriad of other recent reports and initiatives are providing a glimpse of the value of the Earth's natural assets and their role in development. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-05%2015:06:30&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-05-24%2020:42:05&key2=1 By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) - The botched UN conference in Copenhagen may prove to be a blessing in disguise by way of correcting the imbalance that has favoured climate change but nearly ignored desertification and biodiversity that are two other centerpieces of the three 'Rio Conventions' emerging from the Earth Summit in June 1992. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-05-24%2020:42:05&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-05-23%2018:42:14&key2=1 By Jerome Mwanda IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis NAIROBI (IDN) - The East African country Rwanda will be the global host of the World Environment Day (WED) on June 5, which has 'Many Species. One Planet. One Future.' as the central theme focussing on globe's wealth of species and ecosystems in line with this year's UN International Year of Biodiversity. "Rwanda's combination of environmental richness, including rare and economically-important species. . . http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-05-23%2018:42:14&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-14%2000:11:01&key2=1 By J. Chandler IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TORONTO (IDN) - "I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me": this citation from George Bernard Shaw's Apple Cart does not hold true for Oxfam America. In its quest of long-term solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice, the eminent organization has set "a very dangerous precedent" by endorsing agricultural biotechnology as a viable solution for resource poor and subsistence farmers in developing countries. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-14%2000:11:01&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-28%2006:53:52&key2=1 By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsSpecial MANILA (IDN) - The concerns of the indigenous peoples, at the heart of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), are considered of vital significance by parliamentarians of the countries of Asia-Pacific. The region hosts some 70 percent of the indigenous peoples, who are among the poorest of the world and often the most marginalized and disadvantaged in their countries. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-28%2006:53:52&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-01%2002:38:53&key2=1 Ramesh Jaura talks to UN Assistant Secretary General Luc Gnacadja IDN-InDepth NewsInterview BERLIN (IDN) - "Enhancing soils anywhere enhances life everywhere," says UN's top official Luc Gnacadja, who is tasked with combating land degradation and drought - not only in Africa, the most vulnerable continent, but all along the drylands belt running from Latin America through Sahel and Asia. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-01%2002:38:53&key2=1