Wednesday, May 25, 2005

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Biodiversity - the new report MEA

As usual, the stretches IUCN Red List of (World Union della Conservazione), l’organismo internazionale a salvaguardia della biodiversità . E come Cassandra una nuova valutazione da parte di un autorevole network scientifico ad hoc (il Millennium Ecosystems Assessment ) avverte che la ricchezza delle specie animali e vegetali si sta inesorabilmente assottigliando.

Sono infatti 15 589 le specie incluse nella Red List degli essere viventi minacciati di estinzione: a fine 2003 erano 12 259, e duemila in più rispetto al 2002. Il trend insomma segna la perdita di due migliaia di specie all’anno. “E’ il segno più evidente che dobbiamo cambiare il modo in cui produciamo e consumiamo” said Jeff McNeely, chief scientist of IUCN and author of last report alarmed ( Biodiversity and Human Well-being: A Synthesis Report for the Convention on Biological Diversity ) on behalf of Milleniumm Assessment.

According to this study, in fact, although biodiversity underpins human well-being, the most likely scenarios in the near future provide for a decline, contrary to those goals to curb global loss of biological richness set for 2010.

But the relationship goes beyond the concerns purely "environmental" and also identifies the economic losses, for example, an entire hectare of mangrove in Thailand equals one dollars if converted to intensive agriculture its value will drop to $ 200.

Source: Environment News Service

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

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Samples of environmentalism?

American Environmentalism has been struck on the path of nuclear . Yesterday an article in the Corriere della Sera emphasized the position taken by some American green, which according to the newspaper via Solferino have radically changed their minds (or WOULD BE for ...) on issues such as GMOs, urbanization, and the fact nuclear power.
These figures 'redeemed' the article quoted - as an example of environmental doc unassailable - Stewart Brand, who on Technology Review (see article) abandoned himself to bold predictions on the future of environmental movements.

But on closer inspection, For example, consider his biography, does not seem to be able to define a person devoted to the environment: its interests are more in technology, often volatile, and not particularly adept at intercepting business ideas.

Maybe I'm wrong, but would not talk about a sample proof of Ecology. Unless you want to pump a story.

Thursday, May 12, 2005

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The challenge is local to GMOs in the U.S.

In the U.S., the area planted with GMOs is vast as California . About 85 percent of soybean, three-quarters of the cotton and almost half of the corn planted last year in the United States were GM varieties. Most Americans do not even know to eat, and even if it still might not know, since it is not mandatory labeling.

The federal government believes that crops engineered to be qualitatively equivalent to the traditional ones. Opponents of biotech agriculture, then, are launching a counteroffensive to state and local levels.

A service of the Christian Science Monitor takes stock of the situation: from a healthy and green California, whose counties have banned GM crops because they are incompatible with organic production; to Vermont who is trying to make companies liable for any contamination of GMOs in agriculture.

But the biotech front is doing its best to influence legislation of the States: some, like the Pennsylania, have established that you can not regulate GM crops. Meanwhile, the pharmaceutical industry prepare the ground for their pharma-foods, genetically modified crops to produce medicines.

Source: Christian Science Monitor

Monday, May 2, 2005

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For Europeans, the environment is important

A clean and healthy environment is as important as economic trends or other issues sociali. Almeno in termini di qualità della vita. E’ quanto pensano gli europei interrogati da un sondaggio di Eurobarometro .

La ricerca – effettuata in tutti i 25 paesi dell’Unione – conferma una volta di più l’attenzione dei cittadini Ue nei confronti delle tematiche ecologiche . Di queste ultime quelle che preoccupano di più sono il cambiamento climatico, l’inquinamento di acqua e aria, i residui chimici e gli incidenti che provocano rilascio di sostanze pericolose o inquinanti.

Interessanti sono anche le differenze registrate nei responsi provenienti dal gruppo dei 15 Paesi rispetto a quelle dei nuovi membri. Ad esempio, il especially concerned about climate change have been more "old", while among the 10 newest members is the strong belief that politicians should consider the environmental issues the same way as those of social or economic.

"This survey shows that European citizens care about the environment - said the commissioner Stavros Dimas - considering it is intrinsically related to the quality of life. The results send a clear signal to the Commission to continue working to protect the environment with a high level. "

Source: Environment News Service