News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 877
BIODIVERSITY-EUROPE: Sturgeons Return to the Danube
- Inter Press Service
A century ago, when the Danube was still blue, it teemed with beluga sturgeon, as did the Rhine with salmon. But industrialisation and the construction of canals and dams have destroyed the habitat of both species of fish.
VENEZUELA: New Frogs Appear; Their Discoverers Disappear
- Inter Press Service
Shortly after it informed the world of the discovery of three new species of frogs, the environmental organisation Fundación Andígena closed its doors in Venezuela this month due to lack of financial support.
DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: Banking on Women
- Inter Press Service
Rinki Kumari’s white laminate-topped desk at the Bank of India’s branch here in Sahdeokhap village in eastern Bihar state is easily the busiest, with men, women and even children crowding around her.
ENERGY: Bank-Funded Coal Plant Tests Green Agenda
- Inter Press Service
Decision-makers around the world are in a period of transition when it comes to the future of supplying energy. Even if everyone agrees that a low carbon future is the inevitable solution, there is nothing close to consensus regarding which path to take.
ENVIRONMENT: Forests May Depend on Survival of Native People
- Inter Press Service
After the failures in Copenhagen to agree on a new climate protection treaty, and more recently at the Doha meetings on trade in endangered species to prevent bluefin tuna from going extinct, indigenous forest communities may offer examples of sensible governance for shared resources on a small planet.
Q&A: South Korea a Key Convention Centre in Asia
- Inter Press Service
The Republic of Korea (ROK), one of the fastest growing industrial nations and the world's 13th largest economy, has not only survived the global financial crisis but is also gearing up to play a key role in the international arena.
TRADE-SOUTHERN AFRICA: 'Reclaim Control over EPA Talks'
- Inter Press Service
Southern African governments must regain control over the negotiations on the trade deals known as economic partnership agreements (EPAs). Issues earmarked as deal-breakers should be resolved before talks to a full EPA are continued. These include limiting the EPA to a goods-only agreement and the EU dropping its demand for reciprocity.
ENVIRONMENT: For Three Dollars More
- Inter Press Service
A high-level meeting in London of political and business leaders will consider this week ways of raising 100 billion dollars to fight climate change. And yet another one in Washington will search for ways of finding, and funding, more three-dollar stoves around the world.
DEVELOPMENT: The Caribbean Trembles
- Inter Press Service
Better known for its hurricanes, the region that extends from the Cayman Islands in the west to the chain of Windward and Leeward Islands in the east is home to one of the earth's principal seismic belts.
BIODIVERSITY: Trade Trumps Concern for Threatened Marine Species
- Inter Press Service
As details emerge about the backroom politics and contentious votes that led to the failure to protect any of the several marine species up for international protection at a key conference the past two weeks, conservation advocates are looking ahead to influence regional, local and even individual choices in the next round of battles to save the threatened species.
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