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Hyderabad biodiversity talks: day 11 diary
CBD COP11: Finance crucial on final day or talks, criticism over participation numbers in Hyderabad and national tiger database announced.
Hyderabad biodiversity talks: day 10 diary
CBD COP11: African group given busy bee award for finance work, high-level segment opens with plea from CBD chief and text agreed on marine protection and invasive species.
Madagascar close to losing 83% of palm trees in next decade – IUCN
CBD COP11: Warning that vast carbon sink in Madagascar on verge of destruction in 5-10 years unless urgent action taken by international community
UK and Canada win ‘Dodo’ award for blocking biodiversity talks
CBD COP11: Joint prize for most difficult countries at COP11 handed to UK and Canada due to positions on geoengineering, synthetic biology and biofuels
UNEP: Eight steps to feed a growing world
CBD COP11: A new report from UNEP warns that safeguarding the environmental foundations of the world’s food system will be crucial.
Hyderabad biodiversity talks: day 9 diary
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit meets controversy, forest finance guide published and there are calls to keep geoengineering experiments in the lab
Australian greenhouse gas emissions fall as carbon market starts up
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Hyderabad biodiversity talks: day 8 diary
CBD COP11: PM Singh to visit the HICC, finance continues to divide parties and progress on marine protected areas.
UN poised to protect 120 marine ‘hotspots’
CBD COP11: RTCC understands there is widespread support behind a text that would see vast areas of the High Seas placed under protection of international law
The RTCC biodiversity A-Z
CBD COP11: Find out what all those tricky biodiversity terms really mean with our handy A-Z
Hyderabad biodiversity talks: day 7 diary
CBD COP11: Biodiversity pilgrimage heads for South Korea, security ramps up ahead of PM Singh visit and local fisherman see shocking decline in catches
What’s the secret to communicating climate change?
CBD COP11: Tim Hirsch suggests greater focus on biodiversity rather than climate change could be more effective in generating public interest in green issues
Swaminathan: greed driving destruction of India’s environment
CBD COP11: Father of India’s ‘green revolution’ says a combination of poverty and greed are destroying his country’s landscape
Hyderabad biodiversity talks: day 6 diary
CBD COP11: The green pylon, I predict a riot, urban sprawl expanding and week 1 review
UN biodiversity talks: week one review from Hyderabad
CBD COP11: Jane Smart, Global Director of the IUCN, joins RTCC for a 10 minute review of week one at the UN biodiversity negotiations
Hyderabad biodiversity talks: day 5 diary
CBD COP11: DDT in the air, dying lakes, finance stalemate but progress on 4 main issues
Hyderabad biodiversity talks: day 4 diary
CBD COP11: Finance heats up, Hyderabad’s cash machines cool down and youth groups make a stand
India urged to ditch damaging sea walls and plant mangroves
CBD COP11: Calls for India to halt damaging sand mining and sea wall construction and focus on cultivating mangrove forests
Hyderabad biodiversity talks: day 3 diary
CBD COP11 – Tierney Smith: Golf course protests, biodiversity warnings, USA ramps up security
UN biodiversity chief calls for political urgency on environment
CBD COP11: Braulio Dias tells RTCC world is sleepwalking into an eco-catastrophe unless politicians and society take collective action