Share ideas that matter on the social web and experience
the benefits of curating the world's best content.
I don't have a Facebook, a Twitter or a LinkedIn account
|
Scooped by pdjmoo onto Biodiversity IS Life -- Conservation,Ecosystems,Wildlife,Rivers,Water,Forests |
Scoop.it!
Within the Great Bear Rainforest, nearly every living being has reason to be thankful for the great runs of salmon that surge through forested streams each year about this time....
| Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
 Your new post is loading...
Scoop.it!
Wondering what this Biodiversity Stuff is all about? Here’s a great 3 Minute animation that may put you in the picture “Awesome: Biodiversity Visualized! 3 min video from our friends at Vancouver Film School” - The TEEB Study / UNEP @TEEB Visit http://www.vfs.com/blog/2010/08/13/international-year-of-biodiversity/ to find out more about this video and the International Year of Biodiversity! Cr...
May 22, 2013 Mongabay
WATCH: THE WISDOM OF GRANDMOTHERS VIDEO Vandana Shiva on Knowledge, Biodiversity & Sustainable Living — End Child Hunger - Gandhi For Children http://www.gandhiforchildren.org/vandana-shiva-knowledge-biodiversity-sustainable/ Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
June 17, 2013 Nature - Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences Agricultural chemicals affect invertebrates in streams and soil, even at 'safe' levels. Agricultural pesticides have been linked to widespread invertebrate biodiversity loss in two new research papers. Pesticide use has sharply reduced the regional biodiversity of stream invertebrates, such as mayflies and dragonflies, in Europe and Australia, finds a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1..... http://www.nature.com/news/pesticides-spark-broad-biodiversity-loss-1.13214
PESTICIDE CHEMICAL REGULATION OVERHAUL NEEDED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE, ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/6VkkXB
NEW CHARGES AGAINST MONSANTO'S "PESTICIDE" ROUNDUP (NEEDED FOR GMO CROPS) - THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE http://sco.lt/5bdPhx Michael Pollan: "Don't miss this VIDEO, about the next wave of herbicide-tolerant crops from Monsanto-- will make Round-Up look benign"
DECLINE IN BIODIVERSITY OF FARMED PLANTS AND ANIMAL GATHERING PACE http://sco.lt/7o99MH
A Must see VIDEO for all. David Suzuki: "BIOTECHNOLOGY GENETICS IS OUT OF CONTROL" http://sco.lt/4lxOIj
May 11, 2013 UNEP
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
Aug 6, 2009 http://www.ted.com Janine Benyus has a message for inventors: When solving a design problem, look to nature first. There you'll find inspired designs for making things waterproof, aerodynamic, solar-powered and more. Here she reveals dozens of new products that take their cue from nature with spectacular results... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_GFq12w5WU
WATCH: BIO-INSPIRATION: NATURE AS MUSE - KQED QUEST - For hundreds of years, scientists have been poaching design ideas from structures in nature. Now, biologists and engineers at UC Berkeley are working together to design a broad range of new products, such as life-saving milli-robots modeled on the way cockroaches run and adhesives based on the amazing design of a geckos foot .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnBkbaFsZOY
FROM SOAP TO CITIES, DESIGNING FROM NATURE COULD SOLVE OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES by Sven Eberlein — YES! Magazine http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/what-would-nature-do/the-solutions-to-our-biggest-challenges-are-all-around-us2014in-nature
>>>YOU CAN'T BEAT MOTHER NATURE - Human contrivances pale in comparison with the technologically superior feats of the natural world http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/08/31/reviews/970831.31saga01.html
TO CHANGE OUR DIRECTION, IT'S TIME TO FOLLOW NATURE'S LEAD by Sarah van Gelder — YES! Magazine Letter From The Editor http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/what-would-nature-do/natures-original-idea?icl=email_november12&ica=ChangeDirectionFollowNature
>>>>THE 15 COOLEST CASES OF BIOMIMICRY http://brainz.org/15-coolest-cases-biomimicry/
February 25, 2013 Treehugger
BIOMIMICRY ABOUNDS IN THE BAY AREA | KQED QUEST http://science.kqed.org/quest/2011/04/20/biomimicry-abounds-in-the-bay-area/
>>>>>VIDEO: NATURE-TECH : LIFEPOWER - LEARNING FROM NATURE (BBC) Part 1/4 HD - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVQUhPPtQL0
>>>>>BIOMIMICRY: We must draw our standards from the natural world. We must honor with the humility of the wise the bounds of that natural world and the mystery which lies beyond them, admitting that there is something in the order of being which evidently exceeds all our competence http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/benyus-biomimicry.html
>>>LIVING LESSONS OF BIOMIMICRY by Janine Benyus | Awakin.org Unlike the Industrial Revolution, the Biomimicry Revolution introduces an era based not on what we can extract from nature, but on what we can learn from her... http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=790
AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD « The Natural Eye Project http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
As oil forces a state of emergency in Peru. Ecuador owed China more than $7 billion — more than a tenth of its GDP — as of last summer. In 2009 China began loaning Ecuador billions of dollars in exchange for oil shipments. It also helped fund two of the country's biggest hydroelectric infrastructure projects, and China National Petroleum Corp may soon have a 30 percent stake in a $10 billion oil refinery in Ecuador. "My understanding is that this is more of a debt issue – it's because the Ecuadoreans are so dependent on the Chinese to finance their development that they're willing to compromise in other areas such as social and environmental regulations," Adam Zuckerman, environmental and human rights campaigner at California-based NGO Amazon Watch, told the Guardian. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ecuador-selling-its-rainforest-to-china-2013-3#ixzz2WLg5gu9S
26 March, 2013 The Guardian
March 28, 2013 AMAZON WATCH »
June 18, 2013 Business Insider INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FEND OFF OIL COMANY, ARMY WITH ARSENAL OF SPEARS, BLOWPIPES, MACHETES http://www.businessinsider.com/indigenous-people-fend-off-oil-company-army-with-arsenal-of-spears-blowpipes-machetes-2013-1#ixzz2OrmmKcgU
June 3, 2013 Forest News
DEFORESTATION RISES AGAIN IN BRAZIL'S AMAZON http://sco.lt/86G4dV
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
May 20, 2013 Yale Environment 360 VIETNAM AND THAILAND HAVE LOST 43 PERCENT OF THEIR FOREST COVER IN THE PAST FEW DECADES Illegal logging and unchecked economic development are taking a devastating toll on the forests of Vietnam and neighboring countries, threatening areas of biodiversity so rich that 1,700 species have been discovered in the last 15 years alone... http://e360.yale.edu/feature/a_plague_of_deforestation_sweeps_across_southeast_asia/2652/
June 12, 2013 Mongabay THE BARBARIC ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE FLOURISHES IN SUMATRA AND MUST CEASE http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0610-kellogg-aceh-wildlife-trade.html
June 13, 2013 Mongabay INDONESIA: SUMATRAN LARGE MAMMALS ON BRINK OF EXTINCTION Contact between humans and wild animals is increasing disastrously in Sumatra as deforestation, mining and palm oil concessions expand, fragmenting forest habitats and driving animals out of protected areas. The exact number of tigers left in the wild is uncertain but latest estimates range from under 300 to possibly 500 in 27 locations. http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0612-gen-sumatra-wildlife.html
INDONESIA: THE RAPE AND PILLAGE OF SUMATRAN TIGERS' LAST STRONGHOLD http://sco.lt/62jf3h
June 10, 2013 Mongabay
April 8, 2013
WATCH: AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY *** REMEMBERING "GREEN" - AN ORANGUTAN'S JOURNEY - - Winner of Best Short Documentary - Don't Miss This http://sco.lt/6JdIP3
ORANGUTAN CLINGS TO LAST REMAININg TREE AS CORPORATE BULLDOZERS DECIMATE FORESTS http://sco.lt/6aimJ7
THE PALM OIL HOLOCAUST - AND WE STAND BY AND ALLOW CORPORATE ECOCIDE? http://sco.lt/7KU641
LARGE-SCALE BIODIVERSITY IS VITAL TO MAINTAIN ECOSYSTEM HEALTH http://sco.lt/666xPN
February 13, 2013 Redd Monitor
WATCH: ANIMATION: +++ "THE STORY OF REDD" A REAL SOLUTION OR ACCELERATOR OF DEFORESTATION? http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/2973775544/the-story-of-redd-a-real-solution-or-accelerator-for-deforestation-animation
THE NEW CORPORATE COLONIALISM. DESTRUCTION OF LIFE IN THE NAME OF "GROWTH" http://sco.lt/8pbb7p
June 9, 2013 Mongabay
LAND GRABS: HOW FOREIGN "INVESTMENTS" ARE REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH, LAND AND WATER ACROS THE GLOBE http://sco.lt/96H2yv
*** ERADICATING ECOCIDE: WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/56vkOH
**** TERRACIDE: THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN HISTORY - DESTROYING THE PLANET FOR RECORD PROFITS http://sco.lt/95LXpR
DAMS, ECOCIDE AND WATER RIGHTS: Indigenous Communities, EcoSystems, Forests Devastated - Big Money Drives... | @scoopit http://sco.lt/79BRmT
MORE ON DEFORESTATION http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=DEFORESTATION
CineversityTV's curator insight,
June 13, 2:35 PM
the finish of this race will be our own extinction. Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
June 7, 2013 Science Daily Over the years ecologists have shown how biological diversity benefits the health of small, natural communities. New analysis by ecologists at UC Santa Cruz demonstrates that even higher levels of biological diversity are necessary to maintain ecosystem health in larger landscapes over long periods of time.... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130607160335.htm?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fearth_climate+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Earth+%26+Climate+News%29
VIDEO REPORT: June 10, 2013 PBS Newshour *****USING 'NATURE AS AN ASSET' TO BALANCE COSTA RICA'S FARMING WITH PRESERVATION http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/world/jan-june13/costarica_06-10.html
SLIDEHOW **** IN COSTA RICA, FARMERS START TO SEE VALUE OF BIODIVERSITY (As It Used to Be Before Man Decided He Knew Better) In Costa Rica, birds, bats and bees serve vital roles in controlling pests and pollinating crops. Now, researchers are measuring the contributions of these critters to encourage farmers to move away from the single-crop model and toward biodiversity http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/06/food-for-9-billion-costa-rica.html
DECLINE IN BIODIVERSITY OF FARMED PLANTS AND ANIMALS GATHERING PACE http://sco.lt/7o99MH
June 12, 2013 Forest News
A Must see VIDEO for all. David Suzuki: "BIOTECHNOLOGY GENETICS IS OUT OF CONTROL" http://sco.lt/4lxOIj
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
November 3, 2012 Video Documentary David Suzuki AN EXCELLENT EXPLATION ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERING OUR TREES, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT BY GENETISIST, DAVID SUZUKI
WATCH: *** A SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERING OUR FORESTS, ENVIRONMENT AND FOOD http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9hjy-CJlzbM
June 11, 2013 Scientific American
BIOSAFETY INFORMATION CENTER http://www.biosafety-info.net/
June 4, 2013 Biosafety Information Centre
****MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECO SYSTEMS LEAVING BIOLOGICAL DESERTS http://sco.lt/51ekyH
Global Justice Ecology Project: STAND UP FOR NATIVE TREES, NOT BIOTECHNOLOGY FORESTS http://globaljusticeecology.org/stopgetrees.php?ID=638&tabs=2
June 9, 2013
NEW VIDEO REPORT - NewsHourPBS - June 10, 2013 ***** WHEN DOES GENETIC MODIFICATION OF ANIMALS CROSS A LINE? http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/06/when-does-genetic-modification-of-animals-cross-a-line.html
This Is Not Funny and Has Major Implications if interbreeding takes place (accidentally) with natural animals and systems. Just Because We Can, Does Not Give us the Moral or Ethical Right to let these loose into our biosphere or consumer markets and what does it do the the animal itself?
*****THE NEXT GMO BIOTECH WAVE: EXTREME SYNTHETIC GENETICS: THE IMPLICATION, THE ETHICS http://sco.lt/6TyUmv
*****DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l
***** 30 YEARS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLANTS - 20 YEARS OF COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION IN THE USA - A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT http://sco.lt/5PYIM5
***** GMOs AND BIOTECH: THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES: CROSSING ROSES WITH PIG AND BUTTERFLIES WITH WORKS -- NOT OKAY http://sco.lt/4olIPJ
***** PATENT FOR A PIG: BIOTECH SCIENTISTS PUSH TO PATENT, "IMPROVE" TRANSGENIC GMO 'ENVIROPIG' http://sco.lt/8JZpZp
28 March, 2013 - Nation of Change
***** OUR 21ST CENTURY GENETIC FACTORY OF LIFE - RE-ENGINEERING, RE-PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF: - IS BIOTECH OUT OF CONTROL? http://sco.lt/4thM6j
WATCH Another Video Documentary by David Suzuki *** "A SILENT FOREST - THE GROWING THREAT OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED TREES" - Full Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w437uQf_A7c
WATCH: ***Video KILLING OUR FORESTS AND SOILS WITH CHEMICALS FOR GMO FORESTS: Poisoning USA Majestic Forests in Oregon http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3570818841/video-killing-our-forests-and-soils-with-chemicals-poisoning-usa-majestic-forests-in-oregon
---------THE "GLOWING" PLANT ISSUE -------
June 6, 2013 The Guardian
June 4, 2013 Nature
June 7, 2013 New Scientist
June 6, 2013 Mother Earth News
WATCH: Video ETC GROUP: *** "KICKSTOPPER" - STOPPING UNREGULATED SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY POLLUTION http://vimeo.com/67314737#
Indiegogo VIDEO: KICKSTOPPER: STOPPING SYNTHETIC BIOLOGICAL POLLUTION BY CROWDFUNDER "KICKSTARTER" http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/kickstopper-stopping-syn-bio-pollution ETC GROUP: http://www.etcgroup.org/kickstopper
---------------------------------------
THE NEW BIOMASSTERS - MARKETING SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE NEXT ASSAULT ON BIODIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOODS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1849165755/the-new-biomassters-marketing-synthetic-biology-and-the-next-assault-on-biodiversity-and-livelihoods
NEW 'MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT' GIVES IMMUNITY FROM FEDERAL LAW, MINIMUM REGULATION AND OVERSIGHT TO BIOTECH INDUSTRY http://sco.lt/5I0Oi9
OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : Fast-tracking approvals, waiving regulations ... http://sco.lt/5uCx8b
DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l
DID YOU KNOW? GENE ALTERED FOODS NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET http://sco.lt/7oVxQH
BIOTECH AGRICHEMICAL INDUSTRY GETS IMMUNITY FROM US CONGRESS, OBAMA - RISES ABOVE COURTS http://sco.lt/8edR3Z
WATCH:
WATCH: "GENETIC ROULETTE - THE GAMBLE OF OUR LIVES" - YouTube 1:24:59 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrWRzxMUfDE
*** Video MONSANTO: A FARMER'S OWN STORY - HOW MONSANTO CONTROLS FARMERS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omtYlsG1P5U
Susan Davis Cushing's curator insight,
June 10, 8:30 PM
Must-see video and great amalgamation of resources. Take the time, please! Be sure you are informed! Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
The Bushmen are the indigenous people of southern Africa. They have experienced a genocide which has been almost completely ignored; having once occupied the whole of southern Africa, just 100,000 remain today... http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/bushmen
NEWS FROM THE BUSHMEN - Survival International http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/tribes/bushmen
June 5, 2013 Survival International TRUCKS ARRIVE TO EVICT BOTSWANA BUSHMEN FROM THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/9292 --------------------------TAKE ACTION---------------------------------
June 5, 2013 Alternet
June 3, 2013 Forest News
January 14, 2013 Take Part Imagine being arrested, beaten until you pass out, thrown into a hole and covered with sand, just for going to the supermarket to buy some dinner. Well, that is the basic equivalent of what happened to Nkemetse Motsoke in Botswana last year.... http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/01/14/survival-alert-botswanas-bushmen-beaten-tortured-and-arrested-hunting-while
June 7, 2013 Global Possibilities HOW BOTSWANA DESTROYS RIGHTS OF ITS BUSHMEN MINORITY http://www.globalpossibilities.org/how-botswana-runs-roughshod-over-the-rights-of-its-bushmen-minority/
March 21, 2013 Survival International
WATCH VIDEO: *** ETHOPIA - LOCAL TRIBES UNDER THREAT FROM FOREIGN LAND GRAB "INVESTMENTS" http://sco.lt/4kFdrd
LAND GRABS: How Foreign "Investments" Are Redistributing Wealth, Land and Water across the globe http://sco.lt/96H2yv
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
June 3, 2013 Science Daily A mismatch between the departure schedules of songbirds and higher spring temperatures at their breeding sites means they are arriving 'late' for the advanced spring and likely missing out on peak food they need to be productive breeders. Aerial insectivores, like purple martins and other swallows, are experiencing strong population declines, particularly species migrating longer distances and populations breeding further north. Scientists have shown in a European species that declines may be due to an inability to advance arrival schedules to match a warming climate. This study provides the first direct evidence of a discrepancy between higher spring temperatures at breeding sites and departure schedules of individual songbirds..... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130603135525.htm
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
February 5, 2013 Oakland Institute VIDEO: http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/video-lower-omo-local-tribes-under-threat
Ethiopia has been the focus of aggressive foreign agricultural investment, leasing out nearly 3.6 million hectares of land for commercial farm ventures from 2008-2010. This investment has corresponded with widespread human rights violations. Most egregiously, the Ethiopian government's villagization program will displace 1.5 million people by 2013--with the five administrative regions that have the largest share of foreign investment the hardest hit. The forced relocation of hundreds of thousands of indigenous people from their lands to make room for foreign investors has destroyed livelihoods and rendered small-scale farmers and pastoralist communities fearful of their own survival, as rapes and killings involving security forces have been reported in Lower Omo and Gambella regions,,, http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/video-lower-omo-local-tribes-under-threat
April 17, 2013 - farmlandgrab.org
June 3, 2013 Forest News
November 20, 2012 Mongabay
LAND GRABS: HOW FOREIGN 'INVESTMENTS' ARE REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH, LAND AND WATER ACROSS THE GLOBE http://sco.lt/96H2yv
GRAIN — LAND GRABBING FOR BIOFUELS MUST STOP http://sco.lt/5kSOFl
June 5, 2013 TerraDaily Ethiopia has begun diverting the Blue Nile 500 metres (yards) from its natural course to construct a $4.2 billion (3.2 billion euro) hydroelectric project known as Grand Renaissance Dam. The Blue Nile joins the White Nile in Khartoum to form the Nile which flows through Sudan and Egypt before emptying into the Mediterranean. http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Egypt_warns_all_options_open_on_Ethiopia_dam_999.html
20 December 2011 farmlandgrab.org
June 6, 2013 Terra Daily
June 3, 2013 World Environment News -
----------------------------WOMEN FARMERS----------------------------
June 3, 2013 CGIAR WLE
June 4, 2013 La Via Campesina
WE ARE THE SOLUTION! FAMILY FARMING IN WEST AFRICA http://sco.lt/6zfyK1
March 8, 2013 - farmlandgrab.org
LIBERIAN WOMEN IMPACTED BY EXPANSION OF SIME DARBY'S INDUSTRIAL OIL PALM PLANTATIONS - farmlandgrab.org http://farmlandgrab.org/post/view/21726
March 8, 2013 - Deutche Welles Environment
AFRICAN WOMEN FARMERS SAY NO TO WESTERN-STYLE BIG AG TECHNIQUES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/994770640/african-women-
June 2, 2013 Global Post: Commentary:
Oakland Institute: UNDERSTANDING LAND INVESTMENT DEALS IN AFRICA: PUBLICATIONS http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/land-deals-africa-publications
THE NEW CORPORATE COLONIALISM. DESTRUCTION OF LIFE -- ALL IN THE NAME OF "GROWTH" http://sco.lt/8pbb7p
PARTNERS FOR THE LAND & AGRICULTURAL NEEDS OF TRADITIONAL PEOPLES - www.plantpartners.org http://www.plantpartners.org/
DEFORESTATION OUT OF CONTROL - THE ONGOING 6TH MASS EXTINCTION http://sco.lt/60eudl
WATCH - DOCUMENTARY May 3, 2011 FarmlandGrab
WATCH:
WATCH: Oakland Institute
WATCH: The film takes you to China, Jordan, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Bolivia. It’s the story of healing landscapes at scale, and, with it, restoring life, livelihoods, security and a future. This documentary is not just a tale of hope, it’s evidence of hope – it’s proof that we do not need to give in to apathy and despair. Instead, we see we have the simple solutions right in front of us...
MORE ON ETHIOPIA
Food Crisis and Global Land Grabs http://www.farmlandgrab.org/post/view/19794 AND http://www.farmlandgrab.org/search "ETHOPIA"
Daraja http://www.scoop.it/t/daraja-net?q=ETHIOPIA
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
Guardian Sustainable Business:
Largely absent from the business world, animal portraits without words or explicit messages around sustainability, were found to effectively change perceptions and communicate the need for change. Working with a team from Michigan State University, Joseph Zammit-Lucia analysed the impact of his animal portraits on viewers in museum and classroom settings. Without words or explicit messages about sustainability or conservation, around 90% of viewers changed their cultural perceptions of animals and made statements about the need for more sustainable lifestyles to help protect the animals.
May 25, 2013 Mother Jones
PHOTOS: STUNNING IMAGES OF BREATHTAKING BIODIVERSITY IN REMAINING INDONESIAN FORESTS AND MARINE LIFE http://sco.lt/8zbjbl
WHY CHOOSING NATURE WILL ONLY ADVANCE HUMAN SOCIETIES http://sco.lt/8BIJP7
HOW BIODIVERSITY COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE http://sco.lt/90Sr2n
JANINE BENYUS: WE ARE SURROUNDED BY GENIUS - WHOLE SYSTEMS DESIGN BY NATURE http://sco.lt/8yQgrZ
RESTORING THE EARTH: THE BONN CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/4p7B3Z
MORE ON BIOMIMICRY: http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=biomimicry
Jennifer Travis's curator insight,
June 7, 11:03 AM
It is interesting to consider the alternative ways we can impress upon others the importance of sustainability. For such a critical issue, no stone should be left unturned - and not only would be helping ourselves, but the other living organisms that roam the planet. 
Lee Pratt, MASS, MSA's curator insight,
Today, 8:29 AM
This reminds me we are all artists, I say; bring it on!
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
May 26, 2013 Common Dreams Multinational corporations are seizing and deforesting large tracts of land in Indonesia. This new "Corporate colonialism" is bringing farmer deaths, poverty, human rights violations and ecological catastrophe to Indonesia with little recourse for the local communities who suffer the effects of projects touted as "growth," the Guardian's John Vidal reports. In the match between corporate power and the poor in the archipelago, the number of conflicts is on the rise....
"These developments are classed as 'growth' but what we are seeing is the collapse of communities of fisherfolk or farmers and increasing poverty," he continues. "We are exchanging biodiversity for monocultures, local economies for global ones, small-scale producers are becoming labourers and community land is becoming corporate. This is the direction we are going." One problem for communities is the growing number of palm oil plantations, which, Henry Sarigih, founder of the Indonesian Peasant Union, says "has spawned a new poverty and is triggering a crisis of landlessness and hunger."... http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/26-0
May 25, 2013 The Guardian INDONESIA: THE NEW CORPORATE COLONIALISM Multinational companies have been encouraged by the Indonesian Government to seize and deforest land owned by the indigenous peoples.. "The presence of palm oil plantations has spawned a new poverty and is triggering a crisis of landlessness and hunger. Human rights violations keep occurring around natural resources in the country and intimidation, forced evictions and torture are common," said Sarigih. "There are thousands of cases that have not surfaced. Many remain hidden, especially by local authorities," he says.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/25/indonesia-new-corporate-colonialism
June 3, 2013 Africa Review
June 3, 2013 Forest News
June 9, 2013 Mongabay
MASSIVE PALM OIL PLANTATION WILL "CUT THE HEART OUT" OF CAMEROON'S RAINFOREST, DESTROY INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND WILDLIFE HABITAT http://sco.lt/8lmMBF
May 29, 2013 Inter Press Service:
VIDEO: ETHOPIA - LOWER OMO LOCAL TRIBES UNDER THREAT FROM FOREIGN LAND GRABS http://sco.lt/4ixwsT
June 2, 2013 The Guardian
LAND GRABS: HOW FOREIGN "INVESTMENTS" ARE REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH, LAND AND WATER ACROSS THE GLOBE http://sco.lt/96H2yv
FOR MORE ON FOOD CRISIS AND THE GLOBAL LAND GRAB http://www.farmlandgrab.org
January 27, 2013 Economy Watch
CAN UN REDD EVER BECOME GREEN? *** CARBON AND FOREST ECOCIDE http://sco.lt/6uQmif
“SUSTAINABLE” PALM OIL SHOULD NOT DRIVE DEFORESTATION http://sco.lt/7N5vU1
PALM OIL ECOCIDE - THE DEFORESTATION HOLOCAUST: Fast-Tracking Our Own Extinction http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/1510545458/fast-tracking-our-own-extinction-the-deforestation-holocaust-
********STUNNING IMAGES******* OF WHAT WE'RE LOSING: THE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN INDONESIA'S RAINFORESTS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/25/international-day-for-biological-diversity_n_3332740.html
INDONESIA: THE RAPE AND PILLAGE OF SUMATRAN TIGER' LAST STRONGHOLD http://sco.lt/62jf3h
ORANGUTANS CLING TO LAST REMAINING TREE IN THEIR FOREST AS CORPORATE BULLDOZERS DECIMATE THE LAND http://sco.lt/6aimJ7
-------------------------------
May 13, 2013 DC Bureau
May 18, 2013 - Mongabay
25 Jan 2013 DEFORESTATION RISES AGAIN IN BRAZIL'S AMAZON After years of gains against destruction of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil appears to be suffering from an increase in deforestation as farmers, loggers, miners and builders move into previously untouched woodland, according to data compiled by the... http://planetark.org/wen/67719
May 3, 2013 DC Bureau
MINING, FOREIGN LAND GRABS ENDANGERING ENVIRONMENT, ECOSYSTEMS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES http://sco.lt/5M5eLp
WORLD LOSING BIODIVERSITY THOUSAND TIME FASTER THAN NATURAL EXTINCTION: UN http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3618052038/world-losing-biodiversity-thousand-times-higher-than-natural-extinction-un
MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS, LEAVING A BIOLOGICAL DESERT http://sco.lt/51ekyH
**** TERRACIDE: THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN HISTORY - DESTROYING THE PLANET FOR RECORD PROFITS http://sco.lt/8vbBSb
**** ERADICATING ECOCIDE: WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/56vkOH
THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US. CAN HUMANS SURVIVE? http://sco.lt/630INt
May 20, 2013 Rainforest Portal - ACTION ALERT: PROTECT PAPUA NEW GUINEA INDIGENOUS FROM CORPORATE RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION - PETITION http://www.rainforestportal.org/shared/alerts/sendsm.aspx?id=PNG_indigenous
FOOD FORESTS CAN MITIGATE RISKS OF 'FEAST OR FAMINE" - BIG CORPORATE AG IS NOT THE ANSWER http://sco.lt/8q2M41
===================WATCH --==================
WATCH:
+++PLEASE SHARE THIS AMAZING ORANGUTAN VIDEO - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sjoxX_oPsQ&feature=youtu.be
April 17, 2014 TreeHugger
VIDEO: *** SUMATRA, INDONESIA - THE RAINFOREST'S LAST STAND http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/video/2013/may/24/sumatra-indonesia-rainforest-video
VIDEO: *** TEN NEWS AUSTRALIA INVESTIGATION: PALM OIL ECOCIDE - http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/1561454232/palm-oil-ecocide-ten-news-australia-video
DON'T MISS THIS AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY WATCH: **** "REMEMBERING 'GREEN'" - AN ORANGUTANS JOURNEY http://sco.lt/6JdIP3
MORE ON INDONESIAN DEFORESTATION http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=indonesia+deforestation
AND MUCH MORE ON THE CORPORATE RAINFOREST PALMOIL ECOCIDE http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=PALM+OIL+ECOCIDE
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
May 25, 2013 Guardian Environment - John Vidal: No Sumatran wild animal is safe as contact with humans rises with disastrous results... Contact between humans and wild animals is increasing disastrously in Sumatra as deforestation, mining and palm oil concessions expand, fragmenting forest habitats and driving animals out of protected areas. The exact number of tigers left in the wild is uncertain but latest estimates range from under 300 to possibly 500 in 27 locations.,,, http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/26/tigers-stronghold-sumatra-poachers
VIDEO: *** SUMATRA, INDONESIA - THE RAINFOREST'S LAST STAND http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/video/2013/may/24/sumatra-indonesia-rainforest-video
VIDEO: TEN NEWS AUSTRALIA INVESTIGATION: PALM OIL ECOCIDE - http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/1561454232/palm-oil-ecocide-ten-news-australia-video
INDONESIA IS ENCOURAGING A NEW CORPORATE COLONIALISM: PALM OIL DEFORESTATION - ECOCIDE FOR PROFIT http://sco.lt/88hVFx
PALM OIL ECOCIDE - THE DEFORESTATION HOLOCAUST: Fast-Tracking Our Own Extinction http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/1510545458/fast-tracking-our-own-extinction-the-deforestation-holocaust-
“SUSTAINABLE” PALM OIL SHOULD NOT DRIVE DEFORESTATION http://sco.lt/7N5vU1
CAN UN REDD EVER BECOME GREEN? ****Video: CARBON AND FOREST ECOCIDE http://sco.lt/6uQmif
TERRACIDE: THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN HISTORY - DESTROYING THE PLANET FOR RECORD PROFITS http://sco.lt/8vbBSb
ERADICATING ECOCIDE: WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/56vkOH
pdjmoo's insight:
"Sustainability" is not about replanting trees. Entire ecosystems that have developed over hundreds if not thousands of years are being destroyed. Extinction is forever. The original wildlife that existed in the natural forests cannot survive in the replanted palm oil plantations, so what is gained are massive multi-million dollar profits for the multi-national's bottomline. What is lost is the earth's heritage that maintains a healthy biosphere for all species to survive. This is one of the major causes for climate change, yet we keep on trying to justify it and rationalise this destruction. Further indigenous people's land is being plundered and they are being displaced and "re-colonized" to serve the corporate master's quarterly bottom-line. It is time to wake up to the fact that the old paradigm for doing business is killing us and our planet. We must design a new model that restores health and well being to our ecosystems and thus restore respect and dignity to humanity and all life. We cannot continue to rape and pillage the finite resources on our planet without paying a terrible price down the line. In the final analysis we cannot drink oil or eat money. Short-term thinking for bigger, faster, more profits will be the death-knoll for all life on Planet Earth, for without Nature We Do Not Exist. Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
|
Scoop.it!
WATCH:
June 10, 2013 Phys Org
30 YEARS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLANTS - 20 YEARS OF COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION IN THE U.S. - A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT http://sco.lt/5PYIM5
June 17, 2013 Nature - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
NEW CHARGES AGAINST MONSANTO'S "PESTICIDE" ROUNDUP (NEEDED FOR GMO CROPS) - THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE http://sco.lt/5bdPhx Michael Pollan: "Don't miss this VIDEO, about the next wave of herbicide-tolerant crops from Monsanto-- will make Round-Up look benign"
Scientific American DO SEED COMPANIES CONTROL GM CROP RESEARCH? http://sco.lt/7XugID
THE GMO SEED CARTEL - HOW MONSANTO BIOTECH CARTEL MONOPOLIZES GLOBAL SEED MARKETS http://sco.lt/6HigjJ
MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECO SYSTEMS LEAVING BIOLOGICAL DESERTS http://sco.lt/51ekyH
GENETIC MODIFICATION STRAINS OLD FOOD AND DRUG LAWS - HOW A FISH BECOMES A DRUG AND CORN A PEST http://sco.lt/6vynBp
THE POWERFUL BIOTECH LOBBY: June 6, 2013 Internal Business News
June 4, 2013 Japan Times MONSANTO'S AGENT ORANGE LIES THEN, AND NOW: Toxic legacy crosses continents, spans generations http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/06/04/issues/okinawa-bacteria-toxic-legacy-crosses-continents-spans-generations/#.UbE6VuswOic
THE CHILD VICTIMS OF AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE POISONING - PESTICIDE INDUSTRY DISMISSIVE http://sco.lt/8KO8GH
UN, WHO PANEL CALLS HORMONE-DISRUPTING CHEMICALS A 'GLOBAL THREAT'' http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3997219112/un-who-panel-calls-hormone-disrupting-chemicals-a-global-threat
WATCH: May 13, 2013 Moyers and Company - Full Show: **** Video "THE WAR ON SCIENCE AND TOXIC DIS-INFORMATION http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-the-toxic-politics-of-science/
May 18, 2013 Moyers and Company
****MONSANTO: A CORPORATE PROFILE - FROM SACCHARIN TO GE SEED - CHEMICALS FOR FOOD, AGRICULTURE, WAR http://sco.lt/5TGVDl
WHO AND WHAT IS THE MONANTO CHEMICAL CORPORATION? http://www.naturalnews.com/023094_Monsanto_WHO_industry.html
THINK THOSE CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN YOUR FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT HAVE BEEN TESTED? http://sco.lt/7QxMob
May 2013 National Geographic THE CURSE OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL-BASED FERTILIZER If we don’t watch out, agriculture could destroy our planet. Here’s how to grow all the food we need with fewer chemicals. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/fertilized-world/charles-text
OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : Fast-tracking approvals, waiving regulations ... http://sco.lt/5uCx8b
USA TO START 'TRADE WARS' WITH NATIONS OPPOSED TO MONSANTO, GMO CROPS http://sco.lt/52rirp
THRU THE BACK DOOR: MEGA BIOTECH GIANTS USE NEW USA-EU TRADE DEAL TO DESTROY GMO SAFEGUARDS | http://sco.lt/8E3Xsn
March 21, 2013 US GOVERNMENT FUNDING BILL STRIPS FEDERAL COURTS OF THEIR POWER TO RULE OVER BIOTECH INDUSTRY AND GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD AND ANIMALS http://sco.lt/6kO2Xh
March 14, 2013 NEW US GOVT "MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT" CONFIRMS MONSANTO POWER OVER US GOVERNMENT http://ow.ly/iXRqG
March 18, 2013 -
28 March, 2013 Inter Press Service USA PESTICIDE APPROVAL PROCESS "GRIEVOUSLY FLAWED" The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a key government regulator, may have been haphazardly approving thousands of pesticides for decades, some of which pose risks to both human and environmental health... http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/03/u-s-pesticide-approval-process-grievously-flawed/
March 22, 2012 Axisoflogic.com
MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECOSYTEMS http://sco.lt/5G9P0L
THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL - AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER WORLD FOOD SUPPLY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1716244040/the-global-chemical-biotech-cartel-an-unprecedented-power-over-world-agriculture-and-human-health
>THE NEW BIOMASSTERS - SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND THE NEXT ASSAULT ON BIODIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOODS: ETC Group www.etcgroup.org/content/new-biomassters
>> WHY IS OUR FOOD BEING MADE AND MODIFIED BY THE WORLD'S LARGEST PESTICIDE MANUFACTURERS? http://gmo-awareness.com/all-about-gmos/gmo-defined/
Institute of Science in Society
SYNGENTA'S PAID THIRD PARTY PUNDITS TO SPIN THE NEWS ON ENDROCINE DISRUPTOR WEED KILLER "ATRAZINE" http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1155385189/syngenta-s-paid-third-party-pundits-to-spin-the-news-on-endrocine-disruptor-atrazine
----------------PESTICIDE, CHEMICALS AND BIODIVERSITY --------------
--- April 27, 2013 Guardian Environment --- DOMESTICATED AND WILD BEES ARE BOTH IN TROUBLE - PESTICIDE INDUSTRY IN DENIAL http://sco.lt/95yplJ --- EUROPE' BEE COULD GET A REPRIEVE FROM PESTICIDES - Feb 28, 2013 - Businessweek http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-28/europes-bees-could-get-a-reprieve-from-pesticides +++ WATCH +++EXCELLENT SHORT VIDEO ON THE EFFECTS MULTIPLE PESTICIDES ARE HAVING UPON BEES - by Nature Video - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-fXYR9FTfM --- MORE ON BEES, POLLINATORS AND PESTICIDES http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=bees
------------CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF WORLD FOOD SUPPLY -----------
THE GLOBAL CONTROL OF FOOD, COUNTRIES AND POPULATIONS http://sco.lt/4kuXlB
May 31, 2013 Down To Earth, India The BRAI Bill overrides states’ authority over agriculture and health. It envisages only an advisory role for the states in the form of a state biotechnology regulatory advisory committee. The committee has no powers to enable the state to take any decision on introduction of modern biotechnology...http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/stage-set-gm-crops
THE CORPORATE TAKE-OVER OF AFRICAN FOOD SECURITY http://sco.lt/5cAkpF
SHAMEFUL: GLOBAL BIOTECH CARTEL GANGS UP ON AFRICAN PRESS URGING THEM TO PROMOTE GMOs http://sco.lt/8ToGbR
March 11, 2013 2013 MONSANTO THREATENS LAWSUIT AGAINST EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/345386
Feb 25, 2013 Guardian Sustainable Business | Guardian Professional OUR GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DANGEROUSLY OUT OF CONTROL, WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS? http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/fairtrade-report-treatment-smallholder-farmers
Feb 2, 2013 - John Vidal, The Guardian - IT'S HARD TO TRUST GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD WHEN IT IS IN THE GRIP OF A FEW GLOBAL GIANTS | John Vidal - The Observer http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/03/gm-food-grip-global-giants
GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE GMO INDUSTRY: CORPORATE HIJACKING OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3994750421/corporate-hijacking-of-food-and-agriculture-genetic-engineering-and-the-gmo-industry
----------------------THE GMO PATENT MONOPOLY --------------------
THE GMO SEED PATENT GAME: How Seed Companies Control GM Crop Research? - Scientific American http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/946593435/the-seed-patent-game-do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research-scientific-american
GMO GENE GIANTS STOCKPILING PATENTS ON LIFE
The Associated Press Report: MONSANTO''s CONTROL OF GLOBAL SEED BUSINESS REVEALED - Corporate Ethics Watch International http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15489
THE GMO SEED CARTEL - HOW BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES MONOPOLIZE GLOBAL SEED MARKETS http://sco.lt/6HigjJ
Jan 18, 2012 THE GMO KILL - MONSANTO'S GMO PATENTED SEEDS WANT TO RULE THE WORLD http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3995255998/monsanto-s-gmo-patented-seeds-want-to-rule-the-world-the-gmo-kill
OUR 21ST CENTURY PATENTED LIFE - RE-ENGINEERING, PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF -- IS BIOTECH OUT OF CONTROL? http://sco.lt/4thM6j
MONSANTO GMO TREES COULD DEVASTATE FOREST ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/5vrbyj
UNLEASHING GENETICALLY SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE = NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT - "FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT http://sco.lt/8ZDraz
PATENT FOR A PIG: SCIENTISTS "IMPROVE" TRANSGENIC GMO "ENVIROPIGS" http://sco.lt/7hrnF3
----------------BIOTECH, MONSANTO AND REGULATORS -----------------
March 3, 2013 MONSANTO AND THE FDA: 2 CRIMES FAMILIES WORKING A TRILLION-DOLLAR HUSTLE http://www.infowars.com/monsanto-and-the-fda-2-crimes-families-working-a-trillion-dollar-hustle/
WHERE'S THE EPA OVERSIGHT?: THE 'BAIT AND SWITCH' SALES TACTIC OF THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1245995194/epa-oversight-the-bait-and-switch-sales-tactics-of-the-chemical-industry
NEW CHARGES AGAINST MONSANTO'S "PESTICIDE" ROUNDUP - THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE http://sco.lt/5bdPhx
March 13, 2012 - Washington Post
---------------------------------- WHY SO LITTLE INDEPENDENTLY FUNDED, PEER REVIEWED RESEARCH? WATCH: May 13, 2013 Moyers and Company - Full Show: **** Video "THE WAR ON SCIENCE AND TOXIC DIS-INFORMATION http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-the-toxic-politics-of-science/
CORPORATE-SPONORED RESEARCH: ARE UNIVERSITIES RESTRICTING SCIENTISTS' STUDY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEEDS? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3996053783/corporate-sponsored-research-are-universities-restricting-scientists-study-of-genetically-modified-seeds
BASF’s UNIVERSITY JOB SPARKS GREEN FURTY OVER BIASED SCIENCE | EurActiv http://ow.ly/kMkHN
January 30, 2013 Greenpeace India - MONSANTO'S GM CORN BIOSAFETY DATA QUESTIONED : Monsanto conducted the study and generated the biosafety data from its own labs in the USA. No independent research or study was conducted by our regulatory bodies before permitting these field trials.Greenpeace India http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/news/Monsantos-GM-corn-biosafety-data-raises-serious-questions/#.URHbH7ZBYDc.twitter
WHAT HAPPENS TO SCIENTISTS WHO SPEAK OUT AGAINST GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD & GLOBAL BIOTECHNOLOGY CARTEL? Immoral Maize: Extract from "Don't Worry, It's Safe to Eat" by Andrew Rowell http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Immoral_Maize:_Extract_from_Don%27t_Worry,_It%27s_Safe_to_Eat_by_Andrew_Rowell
May 22, 2013 Natural New
UN-FAO: "GMOs IN THE PIPELINE. LOOKING TO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS INi the crop, forestry, livestock, aquaculture and agro-industry sectors in developing countries" http://www.fao.org/biotech/biotech-forum/en/
-------------------------------- YOUR HEALTH ---------------------------------
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE GMOs - A MOTHER'S VOICE SPEAKS OUT ON CORPORATE BETRAYAL OF TRUST - Tracy Madlener http://sco.lt/9Dv6VF
CHEMICAL 'SOUP" CONNECTION BETWEEN TOXINS AND POOR HEALTH: Scientific American http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3456963803/chemical-soup-connection-between-toxins-and-poor-health-scientific-american
HOW GMO FOODS AFFECT HEALTH - GENE ALTERED FOODS NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET http://dailyhealthpost.com/how-gmo-foods-affect-health/#axzz2NCebcdtc
CHEMICAL CREEP: HOW TOXIC CHEMICALS ARE SNEAKING INTO YOUR FOOD AND YOUR BODY - March 7, 2013 Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/07/toxic-chemicals-food-body_n_2829270.html
HOW BIOTECH CORPORATIONS AND GMO CROPS ARE THREATENING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANKIND ALIKE http://sco.lt/7OmezB
8 WAYS CORPORATIONS ARE POISONING OUR FOOD, WATER AND EARTH http://www.nationofchange.org/8-ways-corporations-are-poisoning-our-food-water-earth-1362318238
WHY WE POISON OUR FOOD AND DR. SEUSS http://sco.lt/9AMeX
EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS IN FOOD - BREAST CANCER. ORG http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3869561061/exposure-to-chemicals-in-food-breast-cancer-org
ERADICATING ECOCIDE: WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/56vkOH
-------------------------- VIDEOS, RESOURCES -------------------------
MUCH MORE ON PESTICIDES AND CHEMICALS IN FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?page=1&q=chemicals
PERUSE AND SIGN UP THE EHNs FREE NEWSLETTER - Environmental Health News: http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/
GOOD WEBSITE: GMWatch/LobbyWatch: Portal - Powerbase http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/GM_Watch:_Portal
>>>EXCELLENT READ: "GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS: PROMISES, PERILS, AND THE NEED FOR PUBLIC POLICY" - This booklet will be helpful for understanding biotechnology issues and for guidance on engaging these issues at the level of public policy for the common good. - (QuakerBooks US$9.00) http://www.quakerbooks.org/genetically_modified_crops.php
----------------------------------WATCH ------------------------------
+++ MONSANTO A DOCUMENTARY ON GMO A MUST WATCH YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omtYlsG1P5U
1. "GENETIC ROULETTE" The Gamble of Our Lives http://youtu.be/wnlTYFKBg18 2. "FOOD INC." (2008) Obama, USDA promote and foster this stranglehold on our food supply by the global biotech food cartel ?http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3732889325/watch-again-food-inc-2008-and-obama-usda-promote-and-foster-this 3. A SYSTEM BASED ON PROFITS IS UNSUSTAINABLE ....Vandana Shiva on Industrial Agriculture http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1614565249/a-system-based-on-profits-is-unsustainable-vandana-shiva-on-industrial-agriculture 5. "SEEDING DEEP DEMOCRACY - Vandana Shiva http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1054461972/seeding-deep-democracy-vandana-shiva 6. BEST VIDEOS countering the enormous corporate political power and propaganda of the BIOTECH FOOD industry http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3601262367/best-videos-countering-the-enormous-corporate-political-power-and-propaganda-of-the-biotech-food-industry Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
May 21, 2010 Guardian Species losses around the world could really cost us the Earth with food shortages, floods and expensive clean up costs.. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/21/biodiversity-un-report
• UN biodiversity report calls for global action to prevent destruction of nature http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/21/un-biodiversity-economic-report
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS OF IMPORTANT FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE Michel Roggo is based in Switzerland, and this has a lot to do with his passion: He started freshwater photography in the countless crystal clear rivers and lakes of the Swiss Alps. With 25 years of experience and about 100 expeditions worldwide, he has the skills to work on a global freshwater project: Produce a photographic documentation of 30 important freshwater environments from across the globe, focusing on underwater images. This as a contribution to safeguarding the future of the world's wetland areas. The duration of the project is 4 years, starting 2011. So far, about 20 locations have been photographed. http://www.roggo.ch/thefreshwaterproject/
National Geographic: Pictures:
WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE http://sco.lt/856DXl
PHARMACEUTICAL POLLUTION IN OUR STREAMS, RIVERS AND DRINKING WATER http://sco.lt/6c3dcf
28,000 RIVERS WIPED OFF THE MAP OF CHINA http://sco.lt/7paeFV
MORE THAN HALF OF U.S. RIVERS ARE TOO POLLUTED TO SUPPORT LIFE. REPORT REVEALS SCALE OF WATER CONTAMINATION http://sco.lt/5Gpafx
March 22, 2013 Environment America I*** INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES CONTINUE TO DUMP MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF TOXIC CHEMICALS INTO AMERICA'S RIVERS, STREAMS, LAKES AND OCEAN WATERS http://www.environmentamerica.org/reports/ame/wasting-our-waterways-2012
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
CNN: WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE POACHING CRISIS http://www.scoop.it/t/rhino-poaching/p/4003267109/cnn-what-we-can-do-about-the-poaching-crisis
MORE ON THE TRAGEDY OF WILDLIFE POACHING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?page=1&q=POACHING Via Wildlife Margrit, Sue Woolley 
Wildlife Margrit's curator insight,
January 19, 2:54 PM
Cousteau says we can: 1) Get the leaders of our nations to demand putting a stop to the poaching that is creating economic instability and national security risks 2) Be more aware of the products we purchase to make sure they do not contain illegal wildlife body parts 
Greer Noble's curator insight,
June 15, 4:24 AM
Excellent footage.. yes, if governments, like America and Britain.. but more especially China, stop sending tourists to countries that are not doing everything in their power to stop poaching, this would send a very powerful message to these countries that WILDLIFE IS WORTH MORE ALIVE THAN DEAD!!!!!!!!!!! Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
Pangolin held captive as a pet at Limbat's 'zoo' in Kandang, Aceh. Photo by Paul Hilton.
June 10, 2013 Mongabay In a chilly rain on Sunday, in a town just a few kilometers beyond the edge of a protected Sumatran rainforest, a young orangutan sat perched on a piece of plywood and grabbed the metal wires of his tiny cage... http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0610-kellogg-aceh-wildlife-trade.html
June 12, 2013 Mongabay
LARGE-SCALE BIODIVERSITY IS VITAL TO MAINTAIN ECOSYSTEM HEALTH http://sco.lt/666xPN\
A PLAGUE OF DEFORESTATION SWEEPS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ASIA http://sco.lt/5sDv5F
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
June 6, 2013 The Atlantic The scale of poaching is a criminal horror. Why Obama should make it a priority issue -- in his meeting with China's Xi Jinping this week and beyond... http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/06/inside-the-global-industry-thats-slaughtering-africas-elephants/276582/
CHADS LAST ELEPHANTS - NUMBERS PLUNGE FROM 4,300 TO 450 http://sco.lt/8nnEJd
May 30, 2013 The Telegraph
EXTINCTION AHEAD: TWO-THIRDS OF FOREST ELEPHANT SLAUGHTERED BY IVORY POACHERS IN PAST DECADE http://sco.lt/5cG05R
'BATTLE FOR THE ELEPHANTS' - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC VIDEO - Global Ivory Trade, Poaching And Extinction http://sco.lt/8TXlw1
A WORLD WITHOUT ELEPHANTS - UNBEARABLE - POACHING TO EXTINCTION http://sco.lt/6hXE5x
VIDEO: OUTGUNNED: ILLICIT TRADE IN WILDLIFE HAS EXPLODED INTO A #19 BILLION CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE http://sco.lt/7RuB9d
June 3, 2013 Forest News
****A LOVELY BBC WATCH: "ECHO - AN UNFORGETTABLE ELEPHANT" A http://sco.lt/5tvfG5
MORE ON ELEPHANT POACHING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/curate?q=ELEPHANTS
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
May 2013 Food and Water Watch EXPLOSIVE MUST READ....
New indepth report gives first comprehensive analysis of U.S. State Department’s promotion of the biotech seed industry’s global agenda... http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/pressreleases/biotech-ambassadors-diplomacy-or-marketing/
CONTENTS Executive Summary . Introduction State Department Strategy, Message, Tactics and Goals State Department Biotech Charm Offensive Taking the Biotech Spin Cycle on the Road The Four Goals of Biotech Diplomacy. Corporate Diplomacy and Monsanto’s Goodwill Ambassadors. Patently Offensive: State Department Intervenes in Commercial Disputes for Monsanto Pressuring Foreign Governments to Reduce Oversight of Biotech Crops. . . U.S. Embassies Aggressively Opposed GE Labeling Efforts Pushing Biotech on the Developing World. U.S.-Biotech Industry Campaign to Commercialize GE Crops in Kenya U.S. Government Pushes Ghana Biotech Law Over Finish Line Nigeria Advances U.S.-Drafted GE Legislation… Combining Diplomatic Carrots With WTO Sticks Conclusion and Recommendations Methodology Endnotes http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/pressreleases/biotech-ambassadors-diplomacy-or-marketing/
June 5, 2013 Green Left Weekly
USA GOVERNMENT STARTS TRADE WARS WITH NATIONS OPPOSED TO BIOTECH GM CARTEL http://sco.lt/7AcjHV
THE HUNGER GAMES - HOW UK, USA SUPPORT FOR BIG AGRIBUSINESS IS FUELING POVERTY http://sco.lt/8ked9N
THE GLOBAL CORPORATE MONOPOLY IN SEED PATENTS AND CONTROL YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/7WCnGT
MONSANTO, UN AGENDA 21 AND GLOBAL MONOPOLY COOPTING THE LABEL "SUSTAINABLE" http://sco.lt/7v9ZMv
OBAMA QUIETLY DE-REGULATES GMO/ GENETIC BIOTECH INDUSTRY : Fast-tracking Approvals, Waiving Regulations, Oversight http://sco.lt/5uCx8b
NEW SECRETIVE GLOBAL TRADE PACTS WILL IMPACT US ALL AS SOVEREIGNTY RIGHTS ARE NEGOTIATED AWAY http://sco.lt/6P14JF
AFRICA - SOLD: OBAMA PUTS BIG 6 BIOTECH CHEMICAL GMO GIANTS IN CHARGE OF "ENDING HUNGER" IN AFRICA http://sco.lt/81OLWj
Arun Shrivastava's curator insight,
June 7, 8:06 PM
Plenty of references for your own research here. Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
June 3, 2013 SciDev Net It is time to stop discounting traditional expertise and make use of this vast and valuable resource, argues Indian scientist Suman Sahai... http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/opinions/indigenous-knowledge-is-a-form-of-science-don-t-ignore-it.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_opinions
June 5,2013 Forests News - CIFOR
June 12, 2013 Forest News
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
May 29, 2013 Economy Watch THE ECONOMICS OF THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE The illegal trade of animals or animal parts has become one of the most lucrative black market activities in the world. Driven by the promise of high profit margins, poachers in Africa – namely militias, armed groups, and insurgent groups – have driven rhinos and elephants close to extinction, while murdering hundreds of park rangers in the process. NGOs and governments now face a race against time to reduce demand for wildlife trade, particularly in Asia, as well as to equip those on the frontline to fight a well-armed enemy.... http://www.economywatch.com/economy-business-and-finance-news/the-economics-of-the-illegal-wildlife-trade.29-05.html
June 3, 2013 Forest News
May 29, 2013 World Wildlife Fund
MORE ON THE TRAGEDY OF WILDLIFE POACHING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?page=1&q=POACHING
CANNED HUNTING INDUSTRY: The Lions Bred For Trophy Hunting VIDEO VIDEO http://sco.lt/7vy6Aj
Greer Noble's curator insight,
May 29, 2:56 PM
Attention world! PLEASE bouycot Asia. Greed, greed, greed, greed. God, how is it that the powers that be can send people to the moon but can't SAVE the most magnificent animals on this earth.
Asia, what are you going to do after you've murdered all our elephant, rhino etc????? How are you then going to quench your greed and lust? Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
The future of our land, water and climate is under threat but large-scale ecosystem restoration can help reverse this. In 2011, the Bonn Challenge set a ten year target to restore 150 million hectares of deforested and degraded land. This short film describes the many benefits of taking up this vital challenge..WATCH: STORIES OF HOPE ON THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANET. JOIN THE INTERACTIVE DOCUMENTARY... https://www.youtube.com/user/whatifwechange?utm_content=buffer15c37&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer
March 03, 2013 Global Issues
VISIT THE "WHAT IF WE CHANGE" MAGAZINE http://www.whatifwechange.org/magazine/
May 29, 2013 Seed Daily
WATCH: "THE PERENNIAL PLATE" GMO SEED IN INDIA - HOW MONSANTO MONOPOLIZES THE GLOBAL SEED MARKET Vandana Shiva http://vimeo.com/59404290
WHY CHOOSING NATURE WILL ONLY ADVANCE HUMAN SOCIETIES http://sco.lt/8BIJP7
LOVELY VIDEO - *** AWHAR: RESTORING THE MESOPOTAMIAN MARSHES IN IRAQ - Full Episode http://sco.lt/5T7sNV
PHOTOS: STUNNING IMAGES OF BREATHTAKING BIODIVERSITY IN REMAINING INDONESIAN FORESTS AND MARINE LIFE http://sco.lt/8zbjbl
DECLINE IN BIODIVERSITY OF FARMED PLANTS AND ANIMALS GATHERING PACE http://sco.lt/7o99MH
FOOD FORESTS CAN MITIGATE RISKS OF 'FEAST OR FAMINE' http://sco.lt/8q2M41
HOW BIODIVERSITY COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE http://sco.lt/90Sr2n
VIDEO: Yale Environment 360 INTO THE HEART OF ECUADOR'S YASUNI http://sco.lt/7HwxkH
May 24, 2013 Guardian Sustainable Business CREATING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: THE ROLE OF ART AND IMAGINATION TO CREATE CHANGE - A GREAT IDEA Largely absent from the business world, animal portraits without words or explicit messages around sustainability, were found to effectively change perceptions and communicate the need for change. Without words or explicit messages about sustainability or conservation, around 90% of viewers changed their cultural perceptions of animals and made statements about the need for more sustainable lifestyles to help protect the animals.
May 25, 2013 Mother Jones 
Daniel LaLiberte's curator insight,
May 31, 9:32 PM
"Everyone has a role to play in building a sustainable future." Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
OSLO (Reuters) - May 27, 2013 A decline in the diversity of farmed plants and livestock breeds is gathering pace, threatening future food supplies for the world's growing population, the head of a new United Nations panel on biodiversity said on Monday... Zakri said there were 30,000 edible plants but that just 30 crops accounted for 95 percent of the energy in human food that is dominated by rice, wheat, maize, millet and sorghum.... He said it was "more important than ever to have a large genetic pool to enable organisms to withstand and adapt to new conditions." That would help to ensure food for a global population set to reach 9 billion by 2050 from 7 billion now.... http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/27/environment-food-idUSL5N0E80Q420130527
LARGE=SCALE BIODIVERSITY IS VITAL TO MAINTAIN ECOSYSTEM HEALTH http://sco.lt/666xPN
March 03, 2013 Global Issues
RESTORING THE EARTH: THE BONN CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/4p7B3Z
May 10, 2013 United Nations Environmental Programme LOSS AND DEGRADATION OF NATURAL HABITAT THREATEN MIGRATORY BIRDS, PUSHING SPECIES TOWARD EXTINCTION http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=2716&ArticleID=9498
May 27, 2013 Science Daily
TERRACIDE: THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN HISTORY - DESTROYING THE PLANET FOR RECORD PROFITS http://sco.lt/95LXpR
WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE http://sco.lt/856DXl
THE HIDDEN WORLD OF SOIL UNDER OUR FEET - SOIL AS OUR LIFELINE http://sco.lt/4nJvdp
FACTORY FARMS - AND YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/7ZewEr
WHY CHOOSING NATURE WILL ONLY ADVANCE HUMAN SOCIETIES http://sco.lt/8BIJP7
*********A Must see VIDEO for all. David Suzuki: "BIOTECHNOLOGY GENETICS IS OUT OF CONTROL" http://sco.lt/4lxOIj
May 11, 2013 UNEP
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
Water in the Anthropocene is a 3-minute film charting the global impact of humans on the water cycle.... http://vimeo.com/66087863 Evidence is growing that our global footprint is now so significant we have driven Earth into a new geological epoch — the Anthropocene. Human activities such as damming and agriculture are changing the global water cycle in significant ways. The data visualisation was commissioned by the Global Water Systems Project for a major international conference (Water in the Anthropocene, Bonn, Germany, 21-24 May, 2013
June 15, 2013 NPR
Yale Environment 360
June 10, 2013
June 10, SF Gate
June 9, 2013 Inter Press Service
March 20, 2008 Treehugger
May 23, 2013 Guardian Environment WORLD ON COURSE TO RUN OUT OF WATER, WARNS UN SEC. BAN KI-MOON http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/22/world-run-out-water-ban-ki-moon1
May 24, 2013 Yale Environment 360 MAJORITY OF EARTHS POPULATION FACE WATER SHORTAGES BY MID CENTURY http://e360.yale.edu/digest/majority_of_earths_population__faces_water_shortages_by_mid-century/3854/
May 22, 2013 Terra Daily
WATER SECURITY THREATS: GLOBAL WATER SYSTEM PROJECT - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE May 21-24 2013, Bonn, Germany http://www.gwsp.org/
June 7, 2013 GreenBiz
January 30, 2013 World Resources Institute
May 23, 2013 - Mens News Daily
SOLUTIONS TO WORLD WATER CRISIS REQUIRES INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION http://sco.lt/7CpAwL
May 23, 2013 Environment News Service
May 22, 2013 Business Insider:
December 27, 2011 EcoGreen4Us
May 3, 2013 Mongabay
Convention on Biological Diversity UNITED NATIONS - INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY - 22 May 2013 - WATER AND BIODIVERSITY 2013 http://www.cbd.int/idb/2013/
DESTRUCTIVE DAMS : BIG MONEY DRIVES EXTINCTION Indigenous Communities, EcoSystems, Forests Devastated - http://sco.lt/6zxQWX
PHARMACEUTICAL POLLUTION IN OUR STREAMS, RIVERS AND DRINKING WATER http://sco.lt/7XBO1R
28,000 RIVERS WIPED OFF THE MAP OF CHINA http://sco.lt/7paeFV
March 22, 2013 Environment America INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES CONTINUE TO DUMP MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF TOXIC CHEMICALS INTO AMERICA'S RIVERS, STREAMS, LAKES AND OCEAN WATERS http://www.environmentamerica.org/reports/ame/wasting-our-waterways-2012
WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: BONN WATER DECLARATION The water community assembled in Bonn for the Global Water System Project Conference Water in the Anthropocene to make a set of core recommendations to institutions and individuals focused on science, governance, management and decision-making relevant to water resources on Earth. The declaration was issued by the Lord Mayor of Bonn during the closing ceremony of the conference and was signed by the participants. http://www.gwsp.org/fileadmin/documents_news/Bonn_Water_Declaration_final.pdf
Daniel LaLiberte's curator insight,
May 26, 11:39 PM
The planet has plenty of water to go around (except in places with limited ground water). Producing more clean water should be mostly the same as cleaning our dirty water. And doing that mostly requires clean energy. Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
|
