News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 892
CHILE: Water a Matter of National Security
- Inter Press Service
In its proposed constitutional reform, the Chilean government recognises that the availability of freshwater is a matter of national security. Environmentalists applaud the initiative, but some business groups are worried it will hurt their bottom line.
ZIMBABWE: Water Scarcity No Obstacle To Bulawayo Farmers
- Inter Press Service
A project in Zimbabwe's second city, Bulawayo, is creatively using 'marginal water' to ease water scarcity while helping residents provide food and earn a living.
ASIA: World Bank Aims to Earn Stripes Through Tiger Summit
- Inter Press Service
An international campaign to save the tiger, one of Asia’s iconic wild animals, is proving to be fertile ground for the World Bank to earn its stripes as an institution keen on joining the ranks of conservationists.
ENVIRONMENT-NEPAL: Slowly, Vulture Numbers Picking Up
- Inter Press Service
Dhan Bahadur Chaudhary, an ornithologist, grew up with vultures in his native Nawalparasi in western Nepal. He and his neighbours were used to seeing vultures flying overhead, feeding on the carcasses, and sunbathing near the rivers.
KENYA: Plastic Bags: Convenience Costing the Earth
- Inter Press Service
When Nairobi was founded in 1899, it took its name from what the Maasai called the place: Ewassi Nyirobi, 'cool waters.' A century later, the river has something stuck in its throat: millions of plastic bags and other waste, threaten to choke it.
PERU: Rural Wisdom Against Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
'The toads have disappeared from the countryside because of climate change, and now there is nothing to control the insects. Now we have to use chemicals to fight pests, and that is killing the soil,' says worried Peruvian farmer Julián Pilco.
HAITI: Desperate Residents Flee Capital, But with Hopes of Return
- Inter Press Service
Marjorie Louis and her two small children are sleeping in the street. Their home is in complete ruins. And Louis has no way to let her mother in Les Cayes know that she survived the deadliest natural disaster to hit this country.
HAITI: With Aid Slow to Arrive, Food Prices Skyrocket
- Inter Press Service
Last week, the price of a small can of rice cost two dollars. On Tuesday, it cost Haitians 3.50 dollars. A gallon of cooking oil that cost 10 dollars only days ago now fetches 20 dollars.
INDIA: Stalled Korean Mining Operations Face Fresh Protests
- Inter Press Service
The Indian government’s grant of the final environmental clearance to a Korean giant firm, allowing it to acquire 3,000 acres of ‘forest lands’ in the eastern state of Orissa, has prompted a fresh spate of protests from more than 4,000 families that will be affected by a proposed mining project.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Polluters Dragging EU Back
- Inter Press Service
Barely a month after world leaders gathering in Copenhagen reached a weak accord on climate change, the European Union's top polluters are fighting a fresh battle to dissuade policy-makers from taking more robust action.
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