Biodiversity
UN seals historic treaty to protect ecosystems
Environment
October 31, 2010
UN seals historic treaty to protect ecosystems
NAGOYA--A historic global treaty to protect the world's forests, coral reefs and other threatened ecosystems within 10 years was sealed…
UN talks to save nature zero in on historic deal
Environment
October 27, 2010
UN talks to save nature zero in on historic deal
Nagoya--Ministers from around the world began on Wednesday a final push for a UN deal to protect nature, urged by…
Green Profile: Interview with Ossama El-Tayeb
Environment
October 27, 2010
Green Profile: Interview with Ossama El-Tayeb
Al-Masry Al-Youm met with Dr. Ossam El-Tayeb, Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Immunology, founding Director of the Microbial Biotechnology Center…
Spectacular species found in Amazon
Environment
October 26, 2010
Spectacular species found in Amazon
Spectacular species previously unknown to the outside world are being discovered in the Amazon rainforest at a rate of one…
Japan meeting exposes urgency to salvage biodiversity
Environment
October 25, 2010
Japan meeting exposes urgency to salvage biodiversity
World governments are set to agree on three big boosts for biodiversity and human security during the meeting of the…
Environmental voices: Biodiversity our key to life
Environment
October 17, 2010
Environmental voices: Biodiversity our key to life
Biodiversity is a relatively new term. It is actually short for "biological diversity" and was first used in the eighties…
Conserving biodiversity: An epic failure
Environment
May 23, 2010
Conserving biodiversity: An epic failure
In 2002, states at the Convention on Biological Diversity agreed to significantly reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity by…
Biodiversity education and realities
Environment
May 8, 2010
Biodiversity education and realities
Biodiversity refers to the variety of plant and animal life in a given habitat, but for many Egyptians it is…