Business.2010 newsletter: Agribusiness

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• From the Secretariat
  Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
• In memoriam
  Dr. Roger W. Krueger (1953-2007)
• In context: Agricultural biodiversity
• Strengthening the supply chain
  Gail Smith, Unilever Sustainable Agriculture
• Agriculture and biodiversity: challenges and opportunities for agribusiness
  Annik Dollacker, Ecosystems Focus Area, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

  Juan Gonzalez-Valero, Ecosystems Focus Area, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
• Healthy agro-ecosystems for sustainable business
  Jacques du Puy, Executive Committee Member, Bayer CropScience
• Can multinationals in the agribusiness sector save biodiversity?
  Seiji Mitsuishi, Professor of Business Administration, Miyagi University, Japan
• Helping the world's farmers go green
  James C. Greenwood, President and CEO, Biotechnology Industry Organization
• Nurturing biodiversity by feeding crops well
  Patrick Heffer, Executive Secretary, Agriculture Committee of the International Fertilizer Industry Association
• Best Practice in tobacco, an example from Southern Brazil
  Flavio Goulart, Corporate Affairs Maanger, Souza Cruz

  Marilia Borgo, Project Coordinator, Sociedate de Pesquisa em Vida Seivagem e Educação Ambiental

  Monica Harris, Corporate Partnerhsips Manager, Fauna and Flora International
• Interview: Martin Taylor, Chairman of the Board, Syngenta
• Sustainable wild collection of plants - make way for a new standard
  Danna J. Leaman, Chair, IUCN-SSC Medicinal Plant Specialist Ground and Research Associate, Canadian Museum of Nature
• El Acuerdo con Europa y la Certificación
  F.Ferreira
• Delivering on biodiversity conservation through certification
  Sasha Courville, Executive Director, ISEAL Alliance
• Keeping farming organic and making it productive
  Angela B. Caudle, Executive Director, International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements

  Demeteris Hale, Strategic Relations, International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
• Increasing the understanding of biodiversity for the russian forestry sector
  Mikhail Karpachevskiy, Forest Programme Coordinator, Biodiversity Conservation Centre

  Alexei Grigoriev, IUCN-Internatinal Union for Conservation of Nature, Representative Office for Russia
• Retailers push sustainable shrimps
  Matthew Parr, Project Officer, Europe and the World Ecology Programme, IUCN National Committee of the Netherlands
• Let us Amazon your business
  Meindert Brouwer, Author of "Amazon Your Business"
• Mixing medicinal plants and passion fruit. Making soap!
  Matthieu Beauchemin, Junior Manager, Projecto Medicina da Mata, Iracambi RN

  L.Rosa
• A glass of wine for biodiversity
  Inge Kotze, Project Coordinator, Biodiversity and Wine Initiative
• When environmental practices rhyme with income
  Jean Nolet, Founding President, ÉcoRessources Consultants and Associate
• A role for biodiversity offsets in sustainable biofuels?
  Nadine McCormick, Programme Officer, World Conservation Union

  Sébastien Haye, Coordinator, Working Group on Environment, Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
• Essential oils for sustainable job alternatives
  Steph Hartung, CEO, BioAfrica
• Promoting "pro-biodiversity" SMEs
  Jean-Marie Frentz, Programme Officer, European Commission

  Zbigniew Karpowicz, RSPB, International Coordinator of the EC Project "Supporting Business and Biodiversity" in Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland

  Zenon Tederko, Country Coordinator, European Commission
• Identifying and managing risks opportunities
  Craig Hanson, Deputy Director, People and Ecosystems Programme, World Resources Institute
• Landscape auctions, a new financing tools for nature
  Daan Wensing, Coordinator, International Department, Triple E
• Tracking the ethical reputation of companies
  Antoine Mach, Director, Covalence
• Pet industry leadership on invasive alien species
  Dr. Jamie K. Reaser, Senior Science and Policy Advisor, Pet industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC)