Tag Archives: biodiversity

South Korean aware of biodiversity

19 December 2011
 The Union for Ethical BioTrade organized through seven countries a survey, a study focusing on important questions such as how many people can correctly define biodiversity and how consumers view companies who are sourcing from it. Frane, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America, Brazil, South Korea and Japan took part to the study. Ac...
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Biodiversity in the eyes of consumers

14 April 2011
By Leïla Rochet-Podvin - Cosmetic'Seeds Blog [caption id="attachment_9180" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Source: istock"][/caption] With the rise of the ”natural” trend, sourcing ingredients from biodiversity is becoming more popular in the beauty industry. 2010 was declared the International Year of Biodiversity by the United N...
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Jean-Pierre Nicolas “Handing down botanical knowledge

19 November 2010
He has been observing biodiversity for a long time. Even when he was an educator in difficult settings. So he knows about the importance of transmitting knowledge, of adding to it, of respecting others and nature. A botanist-herbalist, doctor specialized in traditional herbal medicines and ethnologist focused on the role of plants in healing ritual...
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The first barometric reading of biodiversity

2 July 2009
At the dawn of 2010, the year of biodiversity, the NGO Union for Ethical Bio Trade (UEBT) entrusted IPSOS with a global barometric reading on perceptions of biodiversity. Carried out last February among 4,000 consumers from four countries (France, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States), the study showed that one out of two people had heard ...
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