Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category

Combating genome harvesting.

Denmark has taken a small step to combat genome harvesting and is supporting African countries with approx. 3.5 million Danish kroner, for a conference to pave the way for international rules on the exchange of genetic resources.
The article can be found here:http://ulandsnyt.dk/indhold.asp?ID=18776&mode=Nyhed
Another article on the issue of genome harvesting can be found here:http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/04/world/fg-virus5

Clean water and air convention.

There has been much work done on how people impact the environment. Unfortunately, despite warnings about future conflicts based on access to basic resources, not much has actually been done in the area.
I propose the drafting of an international human rights convention that will guarantee access to basic, natural resources such as clean water and [...]

COP15 NGO activities.

I had a meeting with Claus Bindslev of Bindslev AS. last week. We discussed the issue of organizing NGO activities for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP15. Bindslev AS is developing outreach activities for promoting the issue of global warming among the Danish population, as well as to provide opportunities for Danish and [...]