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Mon 26 Mar 07
G8 environment ministers adopt the Potsdam Initiative on Biological Diversity 2010
The G8 environment ministers met on 17th March and adopted the "Potsdam Initiative" on biodiversity. In launching the Initiative, Ministers made a number of commitments including (1) initiating the process of analysing the global economic benefit of biological diversity, (2) building on ongoing efforts at gathering and making available information on all known species, (3) supporting the ongoing consultative process on an international mechanism for providing scientific advice (IMOSEB), (4) supporting the activities of the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) and (5) commited to stepping up and better integrating biodiversity issues into development co-operation. Click here for details.
Thu 22 Mar 07
African consultation: International Mechanism of Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity
Professor Amos Akingbohungbe of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria represented BioNET at the African Regional Consultation of the Consultative Process towards an International Mechanism of Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity (IMoSEB). Read Professor Akingbohungbe's report. More...
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Wed 21 Mar 07
New system to boost biodiversity access in Brazil
Brazil has launched a new system to speed up licensing for the collection of biological material in scientific research. More... Source: SciDev.net
Wed 21 Mar 07
First GBIF project in Tanzania

The first project in the Capacity Enhancement Programme for Developing Countries(CEPDEC) of GBIF is a cooperative effort among Tanzania, Denmark and GBIF with the overall vision of mobilising and using biodiversity information to build a sustainable future. More...
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Tue 20 Mar 07
E.O. Wilson: winner of TED - Technology Entertainment Design prize, 2007
One of the world's most prominent scientists, E.O. Wilson, was one of the winners of the 2007 TED Prize. Each winner has been granted one world-changing wish. E.O. Wilson's wish: "I wish that we will work together to help create the key tool that we need to inspire preservation of Earth's biodiversity: the Encyclopedia of Life. This planet can be a paradise in the 22nd century."

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