[Pirateninfo] Fw: [biodiv-l] SciDev.Net - Biodiversity Dossier

[Gregor Kaiser]

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From: Stas Burgiel <SBurgiel at defenders.org>
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Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:38 PM
Subject: [biodiv-l] SciDev.Net - Biodiversity Dossier


> The message referenced below refers to a recently launched internet
website designed
> to serve as a resource for biodiversity and other policy issues.
> <<>>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
> As the UN Convention on Biological Diversity comes to a close,SciDev.Net
explores
> how concerns over biodiversity can be reconciled with the needs of the
developing
> world.
> A new dossier on the SciDev.Net website (www.scidev.net/biodiversity) has
evolved
> from the previous quick guide on biodiversity with the addition of four
specially
> commissioned policy briefs, along with new opinion pieces and features.
Italso has the
> latestnews, links, definitions and details of future events.
> The new dossier's specially commissioned policy briefings summarise key
aspects of
> the issue in an informative and accessible style:
> *   The UN Convention on Biological Diversity
>     Policy analyst, Stas Burgiel, charts the progress of the biodiversity
convention,
>     and discusses the relative successes and many difficulties it has had
to weather.
> *   Modern agriculture and biodiversity
>     In recent times, agriculture and biodiversity have coexisted uneasily.
Barbara
>     Gemmill and Ana Milena Varela describe how the future of each is
intimately
>     bound up in the other.
> *   How biodiversity loss affects ecosystems
>     Some environmental researchers take the view that species-rich
ecosystems
>     function better than those that are species-poor. Others disagree.
Shahid Naeem
>     assesses the arguments.
> *   Biodiversity and climate change
>     Hannah Reid, Balakrishna Pisupati and Helen Baulch explore the
inextricable
>     links between biodiversity and climate, and explain why an integrated
policy
>     approach is required.
> In addition, Mark Malloch Brown (director of the United Nations
Development
> Programme) and Reginald Victor (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman), provide
sharply
> conflicting views on whether sustainable development policies can meet
conservation
> goals.
> We would be grateful if you could alert friends and colleagues to this new
dossier on
> biodiversity and highlight these new articles now available.
> Many thanks
> The Scidev.Net team
> For further information or to get in touch with our contributors, please
contact Kirsty
> Cockburn at SciDev.Net on +44 (0)20 7291 3692, email:
kirsty.cockburn at scidev.net
>
>