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	<title>Institute of Biodiversity Conservation</title>
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		<title>WORLD HEALTH DAY 2010: 1000 cities, 1000 lives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our lives depend on biodiversity. Our health depends on biodiversity. Species and ecosystems are part of a complex web that provides all the elements for human well-being. This is true no matter where we live on this planet, but it is particularly relevant for the urban dwellers of our global society. As of 2007, the Earth’s population became mostly urban. This is why, during this International Year of Biodiversity, we add our voice to the celebrations of World Health Day under the theme of 1000 cities, 1000 lives.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ibc-et.org/archives/world-health-day-2010-1000-cities-1000-lives</link>
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		<title>Recolonization of Ethiopia by Hagenia after the LGM from the south of Ethiopia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Published scientific article (Part of a PhD research) on “Chloroplast DNA haplotype diversity and postglacial recolonization of Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F. Gmel. in Ethiopia”  revealed that recolonization of Ethiopia by Hagenia after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) was from the south of Ethiopia and possibly south western Ethiopia

The chloroplast haplotypes found in Hagenia showed a clear pattern of congruence between their geographical distribution and genealogical relationships. Very low haplotype diversity within populations and a very high population differentiation was observed, reflecting very low mixing between recolonizing lineages. Restricted gene flow through seeds, rare long-distance dispersal, contiguous range expansion and mutation shaped the genetic structure of Hagenia. Fossil pollen records suggested that the trend of postglacial recolonization of Hagenia was first in the south and latter went to the north in Ethiopia.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ibc-et.org/archives/recolonization-of-ethiopia-by-hagenia-after-the-lgm-from-the-south-of-ethiopia</link>
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		<title>Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin&#8217;s On the Origin of Species</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Montreal, 1 December 2009 – On 24 November, Darwin200 partners—the British Council, the John R. Murray Charitable Trust and the Charles Darwin Trust—hosted the celebrations commemorating the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of the Species. The key theme of this event, held in the historic rooms at 50 Albemarle Street in London, from which it was first published on 24 November 1859, focused on how Darwin understood that he was seeking not the origin of species, but the nature of biological diversity. It was his work that set the research trajectory leading to our present-day understanding of biodiversity and ecosystem services.

The Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Ahmed Djoghlaf, one of the distinguished guests at the event, said: “Darwin remarked that ‘it is an intolerable thought that [humans] and all other sentient beings are doomed to complete annihilation’. The unprecedented loss of biodiversity compounded by climate change will soon make into an intolerable reality the intolerable thought of the man that we are gathered here today to celebrate, 150 years after the publication of On the Origin of Species. Today, the rate of species extinction may be 1,000 times higher than the natural background rate.

Two thirds of all ecosystems reviewed by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment are in an advanced state of degradation. Climate change is emerging as one of the most significant drivers of biodiversity loss.” The historic event organized by Darwin200 and Biodiversity is Life – IYB-UK will take the year-long activities in celebration of the work of Charles Darwin in the United Kingdom from the origin of species to the future of species – the launch of a partnership to support the International Year of Biodiversity 2010.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ibc-et.org/archives/celebrating-the-150th-anniversary-of-charles-darwins-on-the-origin-of-species</link>
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		<title>Sorghum Seed repositories identified in South and Central Tigray Region, Ethiopia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ethiopia is one of the Vavilovian centers of origin/diversity for many cultivated and wild species of crops including sorghum. It is an economically, socially and culturally important crop grown over a wide range of ecological habitats in the country, in the range of 400-3000 masl. It is an important crop for the south and central parts of Tigray Region of Ethiopia.

To assess the level of sorghum diversity, two zones, namely South and Central Tigray were selected and eighteen villages in three woredas, Alamata, Raya-Azebo and Tanqua-Abergelle, were surveyed. A total of 93 randomly selected farmers were interviewed using a structured questionnaire that elicited information on socioeconomic aspects of households, sorghum plots, the number and types of farmers’ local varieties grown in the area, variety characteristics, seed exchange systems and seed flow together with selection criteria’s as well as seed selection process and management.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ibc-et.org/archives/sorghum-seed-repositories-identified-in-south-and-central-tigray-region-ethiopia</link>
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		<title>Call for global alliance to protect world’s biodiversity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[10 November 2009 – As a year-long campaign to safeguard the world’s biological diversity gets underway, Secretary-General called on countries and people all over the planet to engage in a global alliance to protect life on Earth.

The General Assembly proclaimed 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity to raise awareness of the unprecedented loss of species – at a rate that some experts estimate to be 1,000 times the natural progression – as a result of human activities.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ibc-et.org/archives/call-for-global-alliance-to-protect-world%e2%80%99s-biodiversity</link>
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		<title>Conserving Ethiopia&#8217;s biodiversity far from adequate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In accordance with Article 26 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Decision VIII/14 of the Conference of Parties (COP), the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC), together with other stakeholders has prepared Ethiopia’s Fourth National Report on the Implementation of the CBD in Ethiopia. The report has been prepared according to the guidelines for the 4th national report and contains five parts:

a) Status of, trends in and threats to biodiversity;
b) The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) implementation;
c) Biodiversity integration into other sectors or Mainstreaming Biodiversity;
d) Progress towards the 2010 targets and implementation of the Strategic Plan; and
e) The Strategic Plan of the Convention, and Appendices.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ibc-et.org/archives/conserving-ethiopias-biodiversity-far-from-adequate</link>
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		<title>ነባር ማህበረሰቦች በሰው ልጅ ህይወት ቀጣይነት ያላቸው አስተዋፅዖ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ምንም እንኳን 6.3 ቢሊዮን ከሚሆነው የዓለም ህዝብ አነስተኛውን ቁጥር ቢይዙም፣ ነባር ማህበረሰቦች ከፍተኛውን የቋንቋና የባህል ተለያይነት የያዙ ሲሆን በነርሱ ሥር እየተጠበቁ ያሉት ባህላዊ ቦታዎችና የውሀ አካላትም ከፍተኛውን የብዝሀ ሕይወት ሀብት ይይዛሉ።

የነባር ማህበረሰቦችን እውቅት በመጠቀም የብዝሀ ሕይወት ሀብት እየተጠበቀ ከመሆኑም ባሻገር ሀብቱ በሂደት እየጨመረ በመሄድ ላይ ይገኛል። ስለሆነም የማህበረሰቦችን እውቀት በመጠቀም የብዝሀ ሕይወት ሀብቱንና የዘረመል ተለያይነቱን በተሻለ ሁኔታ መንከባከብና መጠበቅ ይቻላል።

እ.ኤ.አ በኖቬምበር 2፣ 2009 ከ300 በላይ የሚሆኑ ተሳታፊዎች ካናዳ (ሞንቲሪያል) በሚገኘው የበብዝህ ሕይወት ዓለም አቀፍ ስምምነት ፅ/ቤት በመገኘት የማህበረሰቦች እውቀት የሚጠበቅበትንና የሚበረታታበትን ብሎም ይህ እውቅት  ለብዝሀ ሕይወት ሀብት መጠበቅ የሚውልበትን ሁኔታ ይወያያሉ። በተለይም በአርክቦትና ጥቅም ተጋሪነት ሥራዓት ዓለም አቀፍ ድርድሮች ላይ የማህበረሰቦች እውቀት ተገቢውን ቦታ የሚያገኝበትን ፣ በጄነቲክ ሀብት ዝውውርና አጠቃቀም  ጊዜ የማህበረሰቦች ይሁንታ እንዲጠየቅ የሚመቻችበትን ብሎም ከብዝሀ ሕይውት ሀብት ጋር ተያያዥ ከሆነው ነባር እውቀት የሚገኘውን ጥቅም የእውቀቱ ባለቤት የሆኑት ማህበረሰቦች በአግባቡ የሚካፈሉበትን ሁኔታ ይነጋገራሉ።]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ibc-et.org/archives/%e1%8a%90%e1%89%a3%e1%88%ad-%e1%88%9b%e1%88%85%e1%89%a0%e1%88%a8%e1%88%b0%e1%89%a6%e1%89%bd</link>
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		<title>Africa need to prepare against unpredictable effects of climate change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nations, communities and families in Africa need to safeguard their homes and livelihoods against the unpredictable effects of climate change, according to a discussion paper written by Imperial College London's Professor Sir Gordon Conway, published on 28 October 2009.

The paper describes how predicting climate change's impact on specific countries, regions or towns in Africa is extremely difficult. Africa's climate is driven by three very complex factors – the cycle of hot air and rain in the tropics, the monsoons and the El-Niño/ La Niña phenomena in the Pacific ocean. This makes it hard to forecast what will happen, when and where.

Climate change could cause more frequent and severe floods, droughts and other extreme weather events; decreased access to drinking water; damage to agricultural land and crops; and the spread of diseases like malaria into previously unaffected areas – all of which could have serious consequences for the poorest members of society.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ibc-et.org/archives/africa-need-to-prepare-against-unpredictable-effects-of-climate-change</link>
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		<title>Forest Biodiversity provides an “Insurance Policy” against Climate Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maintaining and restoring biodiversity in forests promotes their resilience to human-induced pressures and is therefore an essential “insurance policy” to safeguard against climate-change impacts, according to a study released yesterday by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

Because primary forests are generally more resilient than modified natural forests or plantations, it is crucial that policies and measures that promote their protection yield both biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation benefits, in addition to a full array of ecosystem services. Those are among the findings of the CBD Technical Series No. 43 on Forest Resilience, Biodiversity and Climate Change, launched on the margins of the XIII° World Forestry Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The study, a synthesis of the relationship between biodiversity, resilience and stability in forest ecosystems, provides compelling rationale for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity for any forest-based climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ibc-et.org/archives/forest-biodiversity-provides-an-%e2%80%9cinsurance-policy%e2%80%9d-against-climate-change</link>
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		<title>Biodiversity provides the ecosystem based goods and services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Montreal, 16 October 2009- The Convention on Biological Diversity is a major legal instrument in support to achieving the objective of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Biodiversity provides the ecosystem based goods and services essential for the eradication of poverty and is integral to key development sectors such as agriculture, forestry, fisheries and tourism, which more than 1.3 billion poor people depend on for their livelihoods.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ibc-et.org/archives/biodiversity-provides-the-ecosystem-based-goods-and-services-essential-for-the-eradication-of-poverty</link>
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