News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 869
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Sharing the Okavango
- Inter Press Service
Each January, a giant pulse of water from heavy summer rains over the south of Angola enters the Okavango River system and begins a five-month journey through Namibia to a richly biodiverse swamp in Botswana's Kalahari desert. The river is a rarity, scarcely disturbed by human development along its 1,100 kilometre length: shaping its future is the delicate task of the Okavango River Basin Commission.
World Court Highlights Environmental Vulnerability of Uruguay River
- Inter Press Service
If anything was left clear by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on the long-running pulp mill dispute between Argentina and Uruguay, it was the weakness of rules and regulations to prevent pollution of the Uruguay River in the 508-km stretch shared by the two countries.
Wanted: World Referendum, Climate Justice Tribunal
- Inter Press Service
A world people's referendum on climate change will be held in April 2011 for the earth's peoples to decide how to address this global problem.
Small Farmers to Get Nearly Billion-Dollar Boost
- Inter Press Service
Representatives of the governments of the United States, Canada, Spain and South Korea, along with Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, joined together Thursday to launch a 900-million-dollar global trust fund to fight global food insecurity.
MALI: Rush For Land Along the Niger
- Inter Press Service
Domestic and international investors are taking over increasing amounts of arable land in Mali.
MOZAMBIQUE: Co-existing With Floods
- Inter Press Service
April signals the tail end of the flood season in Mozambique. The country's water managers will soon be able to appraise the effects of changing policies.
EU Defends Food as Fuel
- Inter Press Service
The European Union's anti-poverty chief has refused to concede that his promotion of biofuels has helped exacerbate global hunger.
NIGER: Lack of Data on Causes of Death Buffers French Company
- Inter Press Service
French state-owned company Areva continues to deny any wrongdoing after findings that populated areas in Niger remain contaminated with high levels of radio-activity. The company seems to be escaping censure partly because of lack of data on cancer-related causes of death among Nigeriens working at or living near the uranium mines.
BOLIVIA: Save the Planet from Capitalism, Says Morales
- Inter Press Service
Activists meeting at the people's conference on climate change in this Bolivian city booed a message from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon but cheered at host President Evo Morales's chant of 'planet or death!'
EAST AFRICA: Green Agriculture Growing in Leaps and Bounds
- Inter Press Service
Organic agriculture using natural farming methods rather than fertilisers and pesticides has made significant gains in African countries — not just among farmers but among consumers too.
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