News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 911
TRADE: Africa Should be Prioritised at WTO Ministerial
- Inter Press Service
African countries are ready to conclude the Doha Round on the basis of current proposals, but warn against any attempt to renegotiate them at the seventh ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that opens in Geneva today. Meanwhile, the Africa Trade Network demands a moratorium on the Doha talks.
MALAYSIA: State of Sarawak Forests: Gov’t Agency Stands by Report
- Inter Press Service
For a long time, activists had believed that rainforests in the vast northwest Borneo state of Sarawak were being logged unsustainably, rapidly making way for tree (acacia) plantations, oil palm plantations, dams and secondary growth. But few listened.
ENERGY-US: Paper Mill is Reborn, Sans Fossil Fuels
- Inter Press Service
A paper mill that runs without fossil fuels and has a neutral carbon footprint? That's the goal for Flambeau River Papers in Park Falls, Wisconsin, and the company is already on its way, thanks to a switch to biomass fuel, plus a biorefinery in the works.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Angry Greenhouse Gas Victims Demand Action
- Inter Press Service
‘Angry’ is not the adjective that comes to mind when you first meet Nelly Damaris Chepkoskei.
BOLIVIA: Women Clamour for Right to Land
- Inter Press Service
Despite major advances in land distribution in Bolivia, single, widowed and undocumented women in this South American country have little chances of owning rural lands due to the patriarchal traditions and customary practices of indigenous peoples, in violation of international instruments and conventions protecting women’s rights.
HONDURAS: Miracle in the Mangrove Forest
- Inter Press Service
The beating sun in southern Honduras doesn't stop a group of women from throwing themselves into the task of protecting and recuperating a mangrove forest on the Pacific coast.
CLIMATE CHANGE: China’s Carbon Commitment—Low But Sure
- Inter Press Service
China and the United States are wrestling to claim leadership during the upcoming climate change talks in Copenhagen, unveiling proposals to cut greenhouse gases one after the other this week and setting the stage for some tough negotiations. But gauntlets thrown, both face challenges in achieving their pledged targets.
BRAZIL: Development Bank Funds Destructive Projects, Say Activists
- Inter Press Service
Public money in Brazil is being used by the state development bank to finance deforestation projects and others that trample rights, concentrate wealth, and encourage 'imperialist' expansion of large national companies, according to activists at a three-day meeting in this southeastern city.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Fears Forest Proposals Are 'Human Rights Disaster'
- Inter Press Service
The clean, ultra-modern chrome and glass lines of the Bella Centre, in the Danish capital Copenhagen, is a world away from the thronging canopy suspended over the tropical forests of Uganda, or the Democratic Republic of Congo, or Cameroon.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Obama to Visit Copenhagen with U.S. Targets
- Inter Press Service
After weeks of speculation, the White House announced Wednesday that President Barack Obama will stop by the climate talks to be held in Copenhagen next month en route to Oslo, where he will receive his Nobel Peace Prize Dec. 10.
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