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Development: Crisis Could Open Doors for Change, Says UNCTAD

Monday, February 08, 2010

As the financial crisis continued to threaten world economies last year, the White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel famously declared: 'You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.'

Biodiversity: Companies Push Hard to Halt Tuna Collapse

Monday, February 08, 2010

In the Seychelles' only cannery, the din of thousands of empty tuna cans rattling on narrow metal troughs is incredible as they bustle along, soon to be filled with Skipjack tuna that only days ago were swimming freely in the inky blue Indian Ocean.

Q&A: ''There's a Limit to Fish Harvesting''

Monday, February 08, 2010

The perilous state of the world’s fish stocks has received less media attention than the more visible, palpable environmental problems like air pollution. Isabella Lövin is seeking to redress that balance. Her 2007 book ‘Tyst hav’ (Silent Seas) hit the best-seller list in her native Sweden, garnering her three awards, including the title of 'Journalist of the Year'.

Peru: Women Combine Invention, Tradition to Improve Rural Diets

Sunday, February 07, 2010

Although Huancavelica is the poorest region of Peru, it has more than just poverty, malnutrition and unmet needs. There are also women using their creativity, efforts and traditional indigenous knowledge to improve the diets of their families and communities.

Climate-Germany: Planting the Forest of the Future

Saturday, February 06, 2010

Exotic tree seedlings grow next to native species in the southeastern German village of Laufen, at a site where researchers are experimenting with ways to restore forests lost to the effects of global warming.

Ethiopia: Dam Critics Won't Go Away

Saturday, February 06, 2010

Ethiopia is building a 240-metre high dam on the Omo River that is intended to end the country's electricity shortage and supply power to neighbouring countries. Not everyone's happy.

Development: South-South Cooperation Key to MDGs

Friday, February 05, 2010

Member states meeting here Thursday called for the immediate implementation of development commitments made during the Nairobi high-level U.N. conference on cooperation between developing countries.

Environment: Keeping Wetlands from Becoming Wastelands

Friday, February 05, 2010

Swamps, marshes and other wetlands are beginning to be recognised as a country's 'green jewels', even in a tropical paradise like Mahé Island here in the Seychelles, with its stunning beaches and dramatic granite outcrops.

India: Angry Villagers Bear Pollution Costs of Sponge Iron Industry

Friday, February 05, 2010

At dawn, 65-year-old Indian share farmer Gundicha Rout goes to the stone water trough in his backyard to wash his face and prepare for paddy husking. He reaches out for the water, dipping into a thin film of oil on its surface. As he swishes the water in his mouth, there is a bitter metallic taste.

Kenya: Insuring Pastoralists Against Increasing Risks

Thursday, February 04, 2010

The droughts in the Turkana region were less severe when she was growing up, says Laura Letapalel, and pastoralists could still find some grass and water for their animals. Now, she laments, the droughts are longer and there is nothing to eat.

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