News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 862
Guatemalan Wildlife at the Mercy of Traffickers
- Inter Press Service
The shortage of resources for law enforcement and high demand from the wealthy countries of the North have left the field wide open in Guatemala for trafficking of wild animals, many of which are endangered, warn experts and environmentalists.
San Fight Land Grab in Namibian Park
- Inter Press Service
Pensioner Makena Makanga slowly savours a piece of manketti fruit unaware that the tree it came from will soon be chopped down and mulched along with the rest of her forest to make way for a massive agribusiness project.
Angola's Small-Scale Farmers Welcome Investment, Urge Careful Targeting
- Inter Press Service
Think small to overcome big problems - that was the message to African governments being urged to do more to increase food security and reduce hunger and malnutrition on the continent.
Q&A: Fewer Protests, More Political Pressure to Fight Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Moving away from public protests and towards exerting political pressure on leaders in industrialised countries is the strategy chosen by the environmental movement 350.org to fight global warming, said its co-founder Kelly Blynn in an interview with IPS.
Ecosystem in Peril after Gulf Oil Spill
- Inter Press Service
With engineers giving a best-case scenario of 'weeks' before the catastrophic oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is sealed, some scientists are warning that the region's ecosystem could face major long-term damage.
BIODIVERSITY: Oil Spill Will Devastate the North Sea Warn Experts
- Inter Press Service
If an oil spill similar to that in the Gulf of Mexico were to happen in the North Sea, it would devastate the Wattenmeer, one of the most fragile and important biodiversity hotspots in northern Europe.
WORLD: North Should Pay South Reparations for Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
The North should pay reparations to the South for the effects of climate change.
BIODIVERSITY: Developers Stalk the Carpathians
- Inter Press Service
When the Slovakian government moved to open Tatra National Park to developers, last month, it did not consult experts or the public. Other protected sites across Central and Eastern Europe are said to be equally vulnerable.
Haiti Asks Expat Professionals to Return and Help
- Inter Press Service
Members of the Haitian diaspora responded with 'massive and spontaneous' aid immediately after the Jan. 12 earthquake, with thousand of professionals leaving jobs abroad to go and assist their compatriots, according to a government minister.
WORLD: 'Poor Countries Should Have a Seat at G20 Table'
- Inter Press Service
The global economic crisis highlighted the necessity of transforming global economic governance. But least developed countries (LDCs) have little voice in this process. It is time they are allowed a seat at the meetings of the Group of 20 industrialised and emerging economies.
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