New measurements of biodiversity, "sharing the wealth" of agriculture exports in Ecuador, venture finance and investment in Nicaragua, and do biofuels really help the BOP?

August 14, 2007

EarthTrends: Environmental Information

• Indian Court Rules Against Major Pharmaceutical Company, Protects Access to Generic Drugs. August 10, 2007.
  
  
• New Indicators Will Track Progress Towards Reversing Global Biodiversity Loss. August 8, 2007.

New Ventures

• Rising Ventures: Turning Conventional Croplands Into "Terrafertil". August 8, 2007.

NextBillion.net: Development Through Enterprise

• Biofuels: Do They Help the BOP? There are Always Two Sides of a Story. August 13, 2007.
  
  
• Cornell BOP Learning Lab's 2007 BOP e-Journal Competition. August 20, 2007.
  
  
• Global Institute for Social Innovation. August 9, 2007.
  
  
• Ricardo Teran of Agora Partnerships Identifies the Marks of a Successful Entrepreneur. August 8, 2007.
  
  

Environmental News

• GreenBiz.com. August 10, 2007. Companies Can Rein in Water Use with New Tool from WBCSD.

• Labor Herald. August 8, 2007. Climate Change: Labor's Aid Offer. Developed, industrialized countries are responsible for 76 per cent of the world’s historical emissions.