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Putting a Price on Biodiversity Loss

Posted on: October 21, 2010

Written by: ninulya

Categories: Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Energy Poverty, Environment, Policy, Poverty, Stats, Studies, Valuing Biomass

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What exactly is the cost to society when one million hectares (8,861 sq. miles, an area roughly the size of Costa Rica) of Brazilian rainforest disappears? The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) just released Mainstreaming the Economics of Nature, a report that aims to precisely answer that question. The report highlights government and business development policies that consistently fails to value the true cost of natural resources depletion.  The report makes an excellent case for biodiversity loss valuation in all governmental decision-making processes. The report also highlights the strong link that exists between ecological conservation and a society’s ability to … Continue reading →

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Clean-Burning Cookstoves for Developing Countries

Posted on: September 29, 2010

Written by: ninulya

Categories: Cookstoves, Funding, GACC, Gender, Health, International Development, News


Source: The New York Times, published Sept 28, 2010 To the Editor: Re “Developing Nations to Get Clean-Burning Cookstoves” (news article, Sept. 21): It is great news that the United States will provide $50 million to help provide clean-burning cookstoves for villages in Asia, Africa and South America. In addition to the appalling health risks (1.9 million deaths a year due to inhaling smoke from open fires) and the environmental devastation caused by cutting down trees for fuel, women and girls risk rape and sexual violence when they gather wood to cook or sell. This is particularly true in refugee camps … Continue reading →

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Women Key to Reduce Impact of Climate Change in Nigeria

Posted on: March 9, 2010

Written by: ninulya

Categories: Africa, Environment, Gender, Policy

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Gifted with huge reserves of oil and gas, Nigeria is today one of the fastest growing economies in the world.  But despite its natural wealth, the country is struggling to provide basic energy for its own citizens, two-thirds of whom currently live on less than a dollar a day.

In this story, a non-profit makes the case that, sometimes, a more “modern” fuel can play an important role in helping meet a country’s specific energy development goals.

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