Biodiversity politics

Moreover, the use of edible oils such as rapeseed, soybean and palm oils is the subject of continuous attack from both the media and some political parties, while concerns have been raised also by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [3]. From the environmental point of view, an increasing demand for palm oil is spurring the destruction of Asia s forests, and rapeseed, widely grown in Europe, is said to lower biodiversity. 

The overall effects of these processes can lead to desertification, deforestation increased flooding, less water in the ground and in rivers depletion of underground aquifers 5 loss of biodiversity loss of topsoil more disease,6 famine, and unemployment as well as political instability.7 The world has undergone a population explosion, with the time to add each new billion becoming shorter (Table 16.1).8... 

Environment, Stavros Dimas, biodiversity should be pushed to the top of the political agenda While climate change takes most media attention, there is one fundamental way in which biodiversity loss is more important - it cannot be undone (opening session Green Week 2006). 

Would ecological concerns and green political movements evolve on Infinity World Why would inhabitants be concerned with pollution, biodiversity, or animal or plant extinction with unlimited land and water No doubt there would be local pollution concerns, but overall Interest would be diminished. 

Biodiversity Databases Techniques, Politics, and Applications (2007)tt Edited by G.B. Curry and C.J. Humphries... 

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