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UN biodiversity talks limp towards a deal to save nature

Halfway through the UN’s Cop15 biodiversity talks in Montreal, there has been no real progress on the pivotal goals of conservation funding for developing nations, protecting 30 percent of the world’s land and oceans by 2030, and recognising the role indigenous people play in safeguarding nature.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 13, 2022

Giants’ Brandon Brown attending NFL’s front office accelerator program

New York Giants assistant GM Brandon Brown will attend the NFL's front office accelerator and diversity program on Tuesday and Wednesday.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 13, 2022

Globes nominees celebrate on the down low and play the ‘wait and see’ game after diversity scandal

Bar a few actors and directors, the 2023 Golden Globes nominees play wait and see game following HFPA scandal.

The New Daily · Dec 13, 2022

Can Cop15 protect ocean biodiversity from the big fish of the ‘blue economy’?

The sea has been ravaged by profiteers – many of whose lobbyists are circling in Montreal, says the author Guy Standing

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022

USC Lawprof Michael Simkovic Defends the LSAT

Simkovic, over at Leiter's Law School Reports, defends the LSAT from those who would eliminate it in an effort to enhance law school "diversity" (see the original for hyperlinks supporting various assertions): If standardized test scores were removed from the rankings, or their weight reduced, law schools probably would spend…

Reason · Dec 11, 2022

Conservative MPs add to pressure on UK government

A group of Conservative lawmakers has written to Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt demanding he cut spending on diversity and equality measures, and reduce taxes instead.

Tribune News Service · Dec 10, 2022

Tory backbenchers urge chancellor to curb equality and diversity spending

Significant number of MPs have reportedly written letter to Jeremy Hunt

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2022

Biopiracy: The fight for fairness in the scientific exploitation of natural resources

Countries from the Global South are demanding that wealthy nations share the benefits of the biological resources extracted from their lands that are then used for medical, agricultural or industrial purposes. Known as “biopiracy”, the issue is a major roadblock at the UN’s COP15 talks on biodiversity.

France 24 · Dec 9, 2022

Indigenous people seek leadership, respect in biodiversity battle

UN biodiversity conference renews global call to respect Indigenous rights and stewardship over critical territories.

Al Jazeera · Dec 9, 2022

Why did past targets to protect nature fail over the last decade?

This month's U.N. biodiversity talks in Montreal aim to hammer out a new, global agreement. But this isn't the first time governments have tried to halt environmental loss through agreed targets.

Reuters · Dec 9, 2022