Convention on biodiversity 7 Nov 2007 So, I was browsing through the CBD site, and idly wondered which countries have not signed on to this attempt to reduce the loss of biodiversity worldwide. The answer? Iraq Somalia Brunei The Holy See The United States of America Ecology and Biodiversity
Ecology and Biodiversity Picoeukaryotes 29 Jul 2008 Electron cryotomographic reconstruction of a C. merolae cell. n = nucleus; c = chloroplast; p = peroxisome; er = endoplasmic reticulum. Source Elio Schaechter has a typically informative and informed post on the smallest eukaryotes, a kind of algae called picoeukaryotes. These guys make up half the biomass of all… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity A tax on gorilla iconography? Oh noes… 27 Dec 2007 Greg Laden is reporting that Rwanda is taxing companies that use gorillas in their advertising, in order to pay for their conservation. Unfortunately, or fortunately if you are an albino silverback in Australia, this only applies to Rwandan companies. Or maybe I would happily pay a tax to the Rwandan… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity A code for area names 18 Jun 2008 One of the most important documents published in zoology in the 19th century was in fact a rather mundane one: The Strickland Code: Hugh. E. Strickland, John Phillips, John Richardson, Richard Owen, Leonard Jenyns, William J. Broderip, John S. Henslow, William E. Shuckard, George R. Waterhouse, William Yarrell, Charles R…. Read More
I think Somalia and Iraq can be forgiven, they’re kept busy by attempts to reduce local human biodiversity. ‘fess up – how surprised were you that Australia had signed? Bob
I think Somalia and Iraq can be forgiven, they’re kept busy by attempts to reduce local human biodiversity. ‘fess up – how surprised were you that Australia had signed? Bob
I think Somalia and Iraq can be forgiven, they’re kept busy by attempts to reduce local human biodiversity. ‘fess up – how surprised were you that Australia had signed? Bob
I think Somalia and Iraq can be forgiven, they’re kept busy by attempts to reduce local human biodiversity. ‘fess up – how surprised were you that Australia had signed? Bob
Very. That’s why I checked in the first place. Of course, it was 1992, before the present government was elected.
The next questions are: – how many have ratified? (Has Australia done so?) – how many have enshrined the Convention in domestic legislation? (Has Australia done so?) Signature is only the first step.