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Greening Globalization

Posted on June 18, 2007
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Environment
A plan to link climate change policy with biodiversity loss renews a twenty-year-old idea of sustainable development.
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Keywords: Sustainable Development, biodiversity, climate change, G8, globalization

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Peru Creates Online Biodiversity Register

Posted on May 25, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Environment
The new system will allow Peru to maintain control over its native genetic history.
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Keywords: Peru, environment, biodiversity, scientific research

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Biofuel Surge Could Have Severe Downside, Warn Experts

Posted on May 16, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Environment
As the United States looks to biofuels to solve dependency on foreign oil, it must be careful not to create a more serious problem.
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Keywords: biofuel, biodiversity, forest destruction, agriculture, food security,

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The Philippines Opts for Biodiesel

Posted on May 11, 2007
Previously filed under: Asia, Environment
As the Philippine government decides to adopt coconut-blended biodiesel to offset fossil fuel imports, environmental concerns grow.
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Keywords: biofuel, fossil fuels, biodiversity, forest destruction, agriculture

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The Benefits of Biodiversity - Winners and Losers

Posted on November 13, 2006
Previously filed under: Africa, Agriculture
Indigenous groups' claim to drug and crop patents has created a long-standing dispute over sovereignty, national boundaries and ownership of knowledge.
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Keywords: genetic resources, biodiversity, indigenous peoples, traditional knowledge, drug

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Conference Ends, But Bio-Battles Set to Rage

Posted on June 1, 2006
Countries: Brazil
Previously filed under: Environment
The meetings of the Biosafety Protocol and Convention on Biological Diversity resulted in a general consensus on the need for fair sharing of global resources.
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Keywords: soya, Biological Diversity, biodiversity, Amazon

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As Growth Slows, India Awakens to Need for Foreign Investment

International Herald Tribune - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 21:27
India’s central bank and economic analysts predict that growth will fall sharply to 7 percent this fiscal year and remain sluggish.

Social responsibility and a new world order

Washington Post - Innovations - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:56
Just before the New Year, the London-based Center for Economics and Business Research announced that Brazil had overtaken the United Kingdom as the world’s sixth largest economy. Furthermore, it predicted that by 2020, India and Russia will also have overtaken all the European economic powers.

Aid for trade policy rears its ugly head

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Mon, 02/06/2012 - 01:41
The UK government's dismay at not being granted the contract for Typhoon fighter jets in India is an indication that its controversial aid for trade policy is still very much alive.

Liberia's battle to put the lights back on

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Sun, 02/05/2012 - 23:00
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has set ambitious targets to restore the country's electricity supply. But will it meet them by 2015?

As Africa's consumers rise, so does inequality

Yale Global Online - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 10:17
Kenya struggles to spread the wealth from rapid growth.
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