... medical treatments for osteoporosis, cancer and other human ailments if it does not act quickly to conserve the planet's biodiversity, a senior United Nations environmental official said Wednesday.
... plant diversity significantly enhances an ecosystem's productivity. The finding underscores the benefits of biodiversity, such as capturing carbon dioxide, a main contributor to global warming...
... data on actual fish species distributions. Various different measures of biodiversity were analyzed, and the researchers were surprised to find that the model captured these complex patterns quite ...
PRINCETON, N.J., May 12 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have found water dynamics can play a pivotal role in the biodiversity of river networks.
... and disaster if we carry on losing biodiversity. And as biodiversity plummets our use of resources soars - WWF now estimates that biodiversity has declined by more than a quarter in the last 35 years.
... we have to pay if we do not act" These are the questions the TEEB -- The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity - project is seeking to answer. The pilot study led by Pavan Sukhdev, who is head of ...
... commitment, Europe is struggling to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2010. Forests cover roughly a third ... Europe. Any initiative designed to halt the biodiversity loss in Europe must consequently take ...
... finds that climate change is already affecting U.S. water resources, agriculture, land resources, and biodiversity, and will continue to do so. A list of 12 major results of global warming on the U.S. ...
... , it is the world's poor who are most at risk from the continuing loss of biodiversity. They are the ones most reliant on the ecosystem services which are being undermined by flawed economic analysis ...
... Government of France, allocating roughly $20 million (13 million Euros) to preserve Madagascar's rich biodiversity, WWF has announced. Nearly 98 percent of Madagascar's land mammals, 92 percent of its ...
Researchers have developed a system for quantifying the potential biodiversity benefits of tree plantations based upon intended management practices and geographic location of the plantation.
... and effective, a balance must be struck between benefits to local communities and the goals of biodiversity conservation," said Brashares. "Instead of building new roads or schools and clinics near a ...
... zone includes 250 mostly uninhabited rock islands and islets.
The authors conducted an extensive biodiversity inventory, determining coral distribution and species richness across the region. They ...
... from UC San Diego are collaborating with scientists from the African Conservation Centre and other institutions to map patterns of biodiversity and land use in East Africa in unprecedented detail.
... palm estates or protecting remaining patches of forest. Even then, the industry's impact on biodiversity is enormous."
The study is particularly important because it comes at time when rising demand ...
