Archive for May, 2008

Ethiopian Coffee Served at Bonn Exhibition, Cop 9 Meeting

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Bonn, Germany: A project entitled “the Conservation and use of wild populations of Coffea arabica in the montane rainforests of Ethiopia” presented the Ethiopian Traditional Coffee Ceremony during the COP 9 Meeting at Bonn, Germany.

Germany and the United Nations Biodiversity Secretariat Announce a “Green Cop”

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Bonn, 22 May— On the occasion of the celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity, Mr. Sigmar Gabriel, Minister of Environment of Germany and President of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, announced the measures taken to ensure that the meeting will have the smallest possible environmental impact.

Biodiversity Needed To Feed the World: the International Day for Biological Diversity 22 May 2008

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Bonn, 22 May 2008 — Against a background of rising food prices, and with pressures from climate change affecting fields and orchards, celebrations of the International Day of Biological Diversity (IBD) will stress the need to properly protect and manage the world’s biodiversity in order to ensure a secure supply of food for a growing world population.