The loss of biodiversity is accelerating, endangering processes on which food production heavily relies (pollination, exchange between plants and the soil, crop protection, etc.). Biodiversity protection policies adopted globally rest mainly on the creation of enclaves, but they neglect vast areas from which humanity draws the bulk of its food.
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26 February 2023 – The Brazilian “Cerrado”: a textbook case of “modern” agricultural development based on resources grabbing, collusion and violence. Brazil’s agricultural “miracle” and its dark side… [read]
30 December 2022 – COP15 on biodiversity: a welcome but insufficient agreement – Behind the consensus on the protection of 30% of Earth reached by using an often vague language, the lack of important details and some serious lacunas generate the fear of relative inaction and point to a risk of failure of the promised effort to halt the process of biodiversity destruction. [read]
15 December 2022 – Pollinators are declining rapidly – Rather than protecting them, some are getting mobilized (and invest) for replacing them! Why bother about organizing the transition towards sustainable food systems, when it is possible to make profits by selling technological “solutions” to “solve” the issue of pollinators? [read]
7 October 2022 – Plants and bacteria largely dominate world biomass – Which are the major groups of organisms living on Earth now and their importance? What place has humanity? Essential data to monitor the evolution of biodiversity. [read]
18 June 2020 – The reduction of world forests erodes their ability to store carbon and conserve biodiversity – The commented results of the last “Global Forest Resources Assessment“ conducted by the FAO in 2020. [read]
26 November 2019 – Turmoil in the world of seeds – Rich and poor countries oppose on the use of agricultural biodiversity. In the absence of an agreement during the Eighth Session of the International Seed Treaty, the plundering of genetic resources may quietly and comfortably continue… [read]
4 May 2019 – The United Nations warn us: we must stop plundering natural resources – To double the gross domestic product since 1970 and get billions of people out of poverty, humankind has adopted a devastating and unsustainable development model that is diametrically opposed to the sustainable development path it has committed to follow. [read]
17 March 2019 – Improved and local paddy varieties in South Asia: governments remain deaf to arguments put forward by farmers while biodiversity continues to decrease. For small farmers of the Indian subcontinent, rice is “more than just a bundle of calories and starch”. [read]
30 April 2018 – Land degradation: a serious consequence of human activities with dramatic implications on food, health and well-being of the world population – A frantic consumption and an economic system that makes that decisions taken at one corner of the world affects land resources at the other end of the planet, are some of the root causes of land degradation. But solutions exist…? [read]
9 September 2015 – Ecological farming at the center of the food system called for by Greenpeace – A plea for an ecological farming that combines modern science and innovation with respect for nature and biodiversity. [read]
25 March 2015 – Research and biodiversity can help us combat the negative impact of climate change. CGIAR researchers have developed heat-tolerant bean varieties by crossing common beans with particularly hardy bean varieties. [read]
16 September 2014 – Biodiversity or GMOs : how to increase plant resistance against drought? Seeds are made available on the market that associate common plants (maize, paddy, soya and wheat) to a fungus that gives them the capacity to thrive better under drought conditions. [read]
March 2013 – Genetic resources: acceleration of privatisation of living organisms is a threat to food security and biodiversity [read]