Brussels, 03/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - At Curitiba, in the south of Brazil on 31 March, Environment Ministers from over 100 countries brought an end to the Eighth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP8) with an outcome deemed disappointing by some (especially the NGOs), but one which, for Brazilian Environment Minister Marina Silva, was a real step forward. The aim had been to intensify international efforts to accelerate, through concrete measures, the...