Global IssuesSri Lanka: Invasive Plants: Yet Another Environmental Menace
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Ask any Sri Lankan, and he or she will cringe at the mention of ‘water hyacinth’, infamous in the country, where it is called by its more common Sri Lankan name ‘Japan Jabbara’. The weed-like water plant has spread across the island, and everyone knows its potential to take over any watery home in double quick time.
Philippines: Storm-Hit City under Constant Threat of Landslides
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The storm has long subsided, and the torrential rains—which battered this city known for its pristine charm and stately pine trees last month—have been gone for weeks.
Latin America: Community-Based Social Innovation Wins Prizes
Monday, November 16, 2009
Community control of public funds will no longer be just an effective local idea, put into practice by social activists and community leaders in a town in southern Brazil. Now that it has won first prize in ECLAC's fifth Social Innovation Contest, it is likely to spread throughout Latin America.
Development: Farmers Not Invited to Food Summit?
Monday, November 16, 2009
World farmers are not part of the official delegations at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food summit on food security that opened here Monday. But they came anyhow to express their views, since, they say, it is their communities that are most impacted by the food crisis.
Energy-Denmark: Samsø Island, Beyond Fantasy
Sunday, November 15, 2009
On the Danish island of Samsø, a model of energy self-sufficiency, even cow's milk helps reduce emissions of climate changing gases.
Water-Zambia: Worries Ahead of Flood Season
Saturday, November 14, 2009
The Zambezi is home to the fishing community on Mbeta Island. But after the river rose and swallowed their homes last year, they have learned to fear it as well.
Economy-US: 'Green' Jobs Should Be Black and Brown Too
Friday, November 13, 2009
The Barack Obama administration's drive to promote a 'green' economy is not working in the interest of poor people in the United States, especially those who belong to minority communities, according to a new study by a leading think tank.
Brazil: Deforestation Down 45 Percent
Friday, November 13, 2009
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon jungle was reduced more than expected between August 2008 and July 2009 - 45 percent compared to the previous 12 months, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reported.
Uganda: 'Mount Elgon Eviction Has Reduced Us to Beggars'*
Friday, November 13, 2009
'We have been reduced to begging from relatives and to migrate to urban areas where life is not safe. We were living in the mountain for more than 200 years. Transferring us means burying us, completely. We want to stay in our area and develop.'
Climate Change: Africa In the Global Carbon Trade
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Carbon trading, as promoted by the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), has become a key global strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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