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Canada Seeks to Drop Native Peoples from New Biodiversity Pact
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 21st, 2010
Inter Press Service: Blame Canada if countries fail to agree to a new binding treaty to curb the rapid loss of plant, animal and species that form the intricate web of life that sustains humanity. That is the view of indigenous representatives from Canada in response to a late night move by the Canadian delegation to strike a reference to indigenous peoples' rights at the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) members' conference here.
"Canada is stalling progress here, weakening our rights and fighting against...
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Comments Off on Canada Seeks to Drop Native Peoples from New Biodiversity PactFarmland the size of Italy lost each year: UN report
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 21st, 2010
AFP: An area of cultivated land the size of Italy is lost each year to environmental degradation, industrialization and urbanization, a UN expert said Thursday.
Up to 30 million hectares (75 million acres) of land is lost to the new pressures and Olivier De Schutter, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, said 500 million small farmers suffer from hunger partly because "their right to land is under attack."
"As rural populations grow and competition with large industrial units increases, the...