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Rio+20 dates rearranged to avoid jeopardising the attendance of 54 Commonwealth leaders, including David Cameron Read more: Rio Earth Summit postponed after clash with Queen's diamond jubilee

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Involving local groups has been a key factor in halting the loss of forest cover in the Asia-Pacific region, a UN study has concluded. See original here: Locals 'can play key role in helping forests recover'

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Report finds Britons more concerned with keeping warm than worrying about the environment Here is the original post: Hard-up UK puts climate change on back burner

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The theme of 7th Conference of the Pacific Community - Climate change and food security: Managing risks for sustainable development - is one that hits home for Pacific Island delegates gathered in Noumea, New Caledonia this week.Monday 7 November 2011, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New Caledonia - Read the rest here: Climate Change Impact On...

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ScienceDaily (Nov. 6, 2011) - USGS scientists and academic colleagues investigated how California's interconnected San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (the Bay-Delta system) is expected to change from 2010 to 2099 in response to both fast and moderate climate warming scenarios. See more here: Flash Forward 100 Years: Climate Change Scenarios in California's Bay-Delta

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The climate change conference in Panama City last month was the most recent in a series of multilateral meetings leading up to COP17. More: Africa is ready for climate showdown

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Amid the bullishness about Asia's economic future, and the potential for Australia to benefit, there's a nasty downside risk that can't be ignored - climate change. More here: Climate change gets left out in the cold

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LIMA - Peru's Congress announced Friday it overwhelmingly approved a 10-year moratorium on imports of genetically modified organisms in order to safeguard the country's biodiversity. View post: Peru's Congress approves 10-year GMO ban

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The world is losing a species every 20 minutes, thanks for the rapid depletion of the biodiversity. For countries such as Kenya that relies on her vast biodiversity to explore her natural resources, the implication of such a loss are huge, says Dr Richard Leakey, a world renowned conservationist. Link: Kenya's agricultural sector at risk as biodiversity loss...

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The conventional wisdom that says the 20th century was a disaster for crop diversity is nothing more than a myth, according to a forthcoming study by a University of Illinois expert in intellectual property law. Follow this link: Study: Crop diversity myths persist in media