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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
... South Korea, show it is possible "to grow at breakneck speed without undermining nature," said Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, executive secretary of the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity. Speaking at a discussion, he attributed the two cities' progress to a partnership between government and green groups on the same wavelength. Philadelphia, Dublin, Bilbao and Barcelona were also praised...
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IOL (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
... South Korea, show it is possible "to grow at breakneck speed without undermining nature," said Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, executive secretary of the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity.Speaking at a discussion, he attributed the two cities' progress to a partnership between government and green groups on the same wavelength.Philadelphia, Dublin, Bilbao and Barcelona were also praised...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
... South Korea, show it is possible "to grow at breakneck speed without undermining nature," said Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, executive secretary of the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity. Speaking at a discussion, he attributed the two cities' progress to a partnership between government and green groups on the same wavelength. Philadelphia, Dublin, Bilbao and Barcelona were also praised...
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
MANILA, June 20 (Reuters) - The United Nations has called on more Asian leaders to agree to a plan to end deforestation by 2020 to slow down the destruction of plants and animals, a top official said on Friday.About 80 percent of the world's known biodiversity could be found in forests, where about 1.6 billion people also depend for their survival, Ahmed Djoghlaf, executive director of...
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Euractive (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
... of production and agricultural techniques used. The outcome of the conference was applauded by Ahmed Djoghlaf, the executive secretary of CBD, who believed the "agreements, if implemented expeditiously by all stakeholders, will go a long way to help us meet our goals [of reducing biodiversity loss by 2010]".Environment Commissioner Dimas was happy with the positive outcome of the...
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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
DPA Bonn (Germany), May 28 (DPA) New technologies gleaned from observing nature are set to provide exciting applications in the decades ahead that will supersede current environmentally destructive practices, UN experts said Wednesday. Ahmed Djoghlaf, general secretary of the UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD), called on entrepreneurs to “wake up” to the new possibilities and to [...]...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
Last updated May 30, 2008 12:57 p.m. PTUN delegates agree to biodiversity measuresBy VERA HELLA FROEHLICHASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secretary General of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, signs a wall of the Environmental Organization World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF, collecting signatures to stop the deforestation, in Bonn, Germany, on Wednesday, May 28, 2008, where...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
Bonn, Germany - New technologies gleaned from observing nature are set to provide exciting applications in the decades ahead that will supersede current environmentally destructive practices, UN experts said Wednesday. Ahmed Djoghlaf, general secreta...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
... as the world's "lungs" in soaking up carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. CBD General Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf, the senior UN official at the conference, also backed the initiative. On Thursday, a major international study on financing the conservation of sensitive ecosystems was being presented, with conference participants stressing the commercial potential for new technologies...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008
... talks forward, said Gabriel, whose role as chairman has been important in setting the fast pace. Ahmed Djoghlaf, chief of the UN Convention secretariat, has been unstinting in his praise of the Germans and Gabriel for their no-nonsense management of the negotiations. It is a gargantuan task getting so many nations to agree. Like the UN climate-change convention, the pact on bio-diversity...
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YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
... Programme (UNEP) and the Convention on Biological Diversity, the CBD's Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf said: "If current extinction rates continue, it will be hard to provide sufficient food for a global population that is expected to reach nine billion by mid-century."At the ongoing meeting on the CBD in Bonn, Germany, delegates are deciding on measures that would move the world...
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International (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
... Programme (UNEP) and the Convention on Biological Diversity, the CBD's Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf said: "If current extinction rates continue, it will be hard to provide sufficient food for a global population that is expected to reach nine billion by mid-century." At the ongoing meeting on the CBD in Bonn, Germany, delegates are deciding on measures that would move the world...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
... conferences hall of the Miritim Hotel, was opened by the executive secretary of the convention, Ahmed Djoghlaf, witnessed by 3000 delegates that represent over 180 countries, as well as by representatives of non governmental organisations.The event will debate themes like "Biological diversity of islands", "World initiative on Taxonomy", "Environmental education and sensitisation...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
... in developing countries. The price of rice has more than tripled since January.To counter that, Ahmed Djoghlaf, the executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, said maintaining and promoting diversity was crucial."Conservation of biodiversity is not about keeping one species away from another," he told the meeting. "It is not about building fences around national...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
... of paper with little content, or are we going to start taking our responsibility seriously?"Ahmed Djoghlaf, who heads the convention office, rejected suggestions that forests must be converted to croplands to feed the starving. "Without bio-diversity, we won't survive," he said. Scientists and environmental groups have called for urgent action to stem the losses of the plant and wildlife...
