I’m off on several weeks of travel which will take me from D.C. to Brazil, California, Portugal, France, China and
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Big Names Turn Out to Celebrate Community Conservationists
The Academy Awards, the Emmys, the Grammys, the Video Music Awards… here in the U.S., our culture has become so
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From Beer to Blue Jeans, Calculating the Freshwater ‘Footprint’ of Consumer Products
Did you know that it takes roughly 160 pints of water to make one pint of beer? Or that if
Threats to freshwater species highlighted at World Water Week
One out of five freshwater species in Africa is threatened with extinction, putting at risk millions of people whose food
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CI at World Water Week
The CI freshwater team has arrived at World Water Week 2010! This meeting, organized by the Stockholm International Water
International Climate Change Negotiations Move at Glacial Pace
I’m back in Germany this week for more climate change negotiations, as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
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Biodiversity gets its vuvuzela
After my last post on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) SBSTTA meeting, I received a useful question about how
At CBD Meeting, Nonprofits Make United Call for Action for Species
Greetings from Kenya! I have good news: I saw baby elephants two days ago! Just kidding…well, I actually did, but
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In Kenya, CBD Discussions Center on Japan
I’m here in Nairobi attending the technical meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) known as SBSTTA. The big
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At opening of CBD meeting in Nairobi, conservation leaders address biodiversity loss
After dodging the nasty Icelandic ash cloud (which has already seen some of our colleagues grounded until the weekend), we