“We need a new business model,” says Dr. Gretchen C. Daily. “What we need to start doing is recognizing the value of many other types of benefits [from nature], like water purification, climate stabilization, and biodiversity.”
Daily recently spoke at a special ceremony at the United Nations University in Tokyo where she received the 2009 International Cosmos Prize. (PDFs of her remarks and slide presentation can be downloaded here.) (more…)
The recent intense two-week meeting on trade in endangered species has been described as a failure in many newspapers and blogs, principally because member countries could not reach an agreement on new trade measures to protect certain marine species. (more…)
What if we changed our relationship with the natural world from one of taking what we can to one of reciprocity and mutual giving?
The International Satoyama Initiative, formally launched at this past October’s COP10 Biodiversity Conference in Nagoya, Japan, provides an important boost to preserving traditional forest and farmland (satoyama), and seaside (satoumi) ecological production landscapes around the world. Its aim of restoring a balanced and sustainable harmony between humans and the natural environment is something no one could argue the world does not need. (more…)
By Carol Smith
World leaders must get their priorities straight or risk global economic upheaval that will be caused by something most of us fail to consider, says a new report. Biodiversity loss will end up affecting even advanced economies because “natural systems that support lives and livelihoods are at risk of collapsing,” says the third Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-3) assessment report.
“The consequences of this collective failure, if it is not quickly corrected, will be severe for us all,” writes UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his foreword to GBO-3. (more…)
Watch this National Geographic video of a tiger in the wild, and then join our campaign to save tigers from extinction.
The tiger known as Broken Tail was born in Ranthambhore National Park in northern India, a vast, natural reserve for a wide variety of Indian wildlife, but especially famous for its Bengal tigers. Historically revered in Indian tradition, tigers in the area were once protected by maharajahs, and then by government sanctuaries and conservation projects. But poachers have proven to be nearly unstoppable over the years, and tigers have struggled to survive, even with the protection of the park. (more…)
Please share this video about efforts in Nairobi National Park to care for a group of black rhino before sending them off to protected parks. (Video opens in new window).
More than 90 per cent of all rhino species have already been wiped out. We must act now before it’s too late. Join our campaign to save these endangered species from extinction.
President of the World Bank, Robert B. Zoellick, speaks about how we can save tigers from extinction.
2010 was supposed to be the year that world leaders halted the rate of biodiversity loss on our planet.
The third edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-3), produced by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), explores what has been achieved so far and forecasts new consequences for people and communities across the world if more isn’t done to save species from extinction.
Billions of people rely on oceans for food, energy, and recreation. The Census of Marine Life helps monitor the diversity of life in the oceans to better allows us to recognize and anticipate problems.
We can’t measure the impact of global change unless we have a baseline for the biodiversity that exists today. By understanding the existing biodiversity, we can understand the impact of change on it. From there we can craft plans that might be able to mitigate the impact of those changes.
Watch this video to learn more.
