News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 875
UGANDA: Farmers Boxing Clever To Get Ahead
- Inter Press Service
Mayuge district has 31,000 farming families served by just nine agricultural extension workers. In Wainha village, an internet centre run by the Busoga Rural Open Source and Development Initiative is more than filling the gap in assisting farmers.
ASIA: Mistrust Lingers as China Confronts Thorny Mekong Issues
- Inter Press Service
Lost in the deluge of accusations that China’s dams are the culprit in the Mekong River’s unusually low levels is the fact that Beijing has actually become much less tightlipped about thorny issues with its neighbours than in the past.
ENVIRONMENT-INDONESIA: Solving Waste Woes Far from Easy
- Inter Press Service
By running his illegal dumpsite, Nasrulloh believes he is doing the community good, helping the city government, doing his bit for the environment — while making money for himself as well.
GUATEMALA-EL SALVADOR: Cross Border Opposition to Mine
- Inter Press Service
The Cerro Blanco gold and silver mine in the southeastern Guatemalan province of Jutiapa, on the border with El Salvador, is under fire from environmentalists in both countries concerned about the threat it poses to the shared Lake Güija and rivers on either side of the border.
ENVIRONMENT-ZIMBABWE: Future Generations Will 'Inherit Only the Wind'
- Inter Press Service
The plumes of smoke rising above the dense working class suburbs of Bulawayo are a sign of the environmental impact of Zimbabwe's electricity crisis.
Q&A: Eco-Friendly Farming Practices to Fight Hunger in Bolivia
- Inter Press Service
The gradual loss of traditional farming practices that preserve the land has pushed into extreme poverty small farmers in Bolivia who 20 years ago were producing surplus produce to sell at market and now are barely able to feed themselves.
ZIMBABWE: 'Farming God's Way'
- Inter Press Service
Mbuya Erica Chirimanyemba is a marvel among women, and men! Watching her digging holes in dry ground earlier this year, her neighbours thought the old lady had gone berserk. But 60-year-old Chirimanyemba was putting an alternative farming technique into practice.
TRADE: Something's Rotten in European Supermarkets
- Inter Press Service
The majority of European supermarkets failed to take adequate responsibility for labour conditions and fair-trade relationships in their food supply chains, a new report revealed.
AGRICULTURE: Turning to Wild Bean for Protein
- Inter Press Service
Obed Kamburona has tried to grow many different crops on his large farm, but the dry sandy soil in Otjovanatje has thwarted him every time.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Native Peoples Reject Market Mechanisms
- Inter Press Service
Solutions to global warming based on the logic of the market are a threat to the rights and way of life of indigenous peoples, the Latin American Indigenous Forum on Climate Change concluded this week in Costa Rica.
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