Biodiversity

Biofuels and biodiversity don't mix, ecologists warn (EurekAlert!)

9 Jul 2008

Rising demand for palm oil will decimate biodiversity unless producers and politicians can work together to preserve as much remaining natural forest as possible, ecologists have warned.

UK URGES CAUTION ON BIOFUELS (Maritime Global Net)

9 Jul 2008

The UK’s Renewable Fuels Agency has released a review into the indirect effects of biofuels. The review, led by Professor Ed Gallagher, examined the "indirect effects" of biofuels, in particular whether biofuels cause greenhouse gas emissions and harm biodiversity, biofuel on food prices.

Brazil national parks mismanaged and raided-govt (AlertNet)

8 Jul 2008

Source: Reuters By Raymond Colitt BRASILIA, July 8 (Reuters) - Brazil's nature reserves, which harbor much of the world's biodiversity, are grossly mismanaged, underfunded, and often ransacked by intruders, the ...