who helped write the latest U.N. climate report.

Shifting grain belt

The outlook suggests that the most suited region for U.S. crop production will shift northward as global temperatures increase. Although it's dangerous to read too much into one year's statistics, North Dakota surpassed Kansas as the nation's top wheat-producing state last year, due primarily to Kansas droughts.

Theoretically, reduced production along the southern edge of the country's grain-producing regions should be offset by increased production along the northern edge. The Corn Belt (and Soybean Belt) is already pushing up past the Canadian border, and Canada's wheat-producing zone is creeping farther north. But in reality, the shift is still likely to produce a net loss in crop production, said Jerry Hatfield, director of the USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and theGo4BioDiv Youth Forum at CBD COP10

“Our Treasures at Risk” is a video featuring statements by all participants of the International Youth Forum Go4BioDiv at COP10, Nagoya, Japan. Tatjana Puschkarsky of IUCN reports on the Forum.

The second International Youth Forum Go4BioDiv took place in parallel to COP10 in Nagoya, Japan, in October 2010. The young people inspired international decision-makers and showed them who should sit at the negotiation table with them: the young generation, committed, enthusiastic people, indigenous peoples and minorities, and people directly affected by climate change and in charge of biodiversity conservation in their region. The second International Youth Forum focused on natural World Heritage sites as the flagships of biodiversity conservation.

The 34 participants came from 25 World Heritage sites all over the world, including such outstanding