Articles in the Environment Category
The conference on biodiversity (CBD), running from 10-21 May 2010, is currently taking place in Nairobi. As 2010 is also the UN “International Year of Biodiversity” there has been quite a lot of activity surrounding …
This briefing paper by the UK Food Group is a beautifully framed presentation of what is wrong with the international food system and how it can be brought back into balance. While the paper addresses …
This is a video presentation by Professor Tim Lang on the the New Fundamentals, those being the key areas of concern for global food security and sustainability. Professor Lang, in his lecture at the Garden …
Ethical logic should be the filter for applied development where the question, “should a thing be done?” must be the gatekeeper of science and policy implementation. In our food systems and their interconnected sectors the …
Information regarding the imperative for governments to increase cohesion by integrating their activities and policies has become increasingly abundant. ‘Integrated policy response’ has moved beyond a trendy catch phrase and has begun to find traction. …
Dr Vandana Shiva is an exceptional personality and her work has been a driving force for the international ecology and feminist movements since the 1970s. While her academic accomplishments are remarkable and international accolades well …
Birkbeck University’s Institute of Environment, in partnership with the Ecology and Conservation Studies Society, continue to offer their excellent free lecture series on ecology and conservation issues. The Spring 2010 series has focussed on the …
Chatham House’s Royal Institute for International Affairs is internationally respected as one of the leading centres for independent analysis in the world. This Chatham House publication, The Feeding of the Nine Billion: Global Food Security …
This recently published article by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars examines the issue of foreign land acquisitions for food production. The Article entitled, Land Grab? The Race for the World’s Farmland (Kugelman & …
Michael Pollan’s book, the Omnivore’s Dilemma, was noteworthy for popularising and illuminating the issue of food traceability. For millenniums food traceability would have not have needed to be explained, yet now we live in a time where …
