This policy brief discusses the potential negative effects of climate change mitigation
programmes on biodiversity.
Not exact matches
Because of the increasing loss of agricultural
biodiversity on a global scale, the Convention
on Biological Diversity has developed a work
programme on this subject in 1996.
A particular emphasis will be
on how BASC's Green Shoots
programme can be further developed so that its members will be able to contribute to monitoring and conserving habitats and species as part of the Government's
Biodiversity 2020
programme.
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On 11 February this year, Defra issued a suspension notice for the programme of forestry sales announced in the Spending Review in October 2010, until extra protections on access and biodiversity were put in place,» Dr Allison sai
On 11 February this year, Defra issued a suspension notice for the
programme of forestry sales announced in the Spending Review in October 2010, until extra protections
on access and biodiversity were put in place,» Dr Allison sai
on access and
biodiversity were put in place,» Dr Allison said.
Her international research
programme focuses
on the impacts of global climate change and ocean acidification
on coastal marine
biodiversity and the consequences for ecosystem structure and functioning, and spans the UK, Europe, USA and NZ.
Michail Yakimov of the Institute of the Coastal Marine Environment, Messina, Italy is a project leader for the European Science Foundation's EuroDEEP
programme on ecosystem functions and
biodiversity in the deep sea.
Similarly, South Africa has launched a
programme for the creation of centres of excellence that is designed to promote new knowledge and develop collaborative research projects
on such critical issues as biomedical treatment for tuberculosis; research and development of strong materials (for example, alloys, metal oxides, ceramics and diamonds that retain their distinctive properties under extreme conditions); the impact of invasive species
on biodiversity, ecosystems and tourism; and examinations of chemical catalysis, primarily for the conversion of gas to liquid fuels.
«While these
programmes seem to be making a difference, there aren't enough
on - the - ground evaluation tools to see if
biodiversity is being maintained, too.
It calls for designing adaptation
programmes with a focus
on gender equity, due to the key roles women play in agriculture, forest economies,
biodiversity and other sectors, particularly in developing countries.
Over the course of the year, the UNEP - hosted Intergovernmental Science - Policy Platform
on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), with 115 member states, established an ambitious five - year work
programme and agreed to develop a set of fast - track assessments.
programmes to strengthen synergies between indigenous knowledge and science should be developed to empower indigenous peoples in processes of
biodiversity governance and assessment of impacts
on territories, as part of the intersectoral project of UNESCO
on Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems.