News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 924
WATER-UGANDA: Reducing Run-off To Protect Lake Victoria
- Inter Press Service
The Ggaba landing site on Lake Victoria is the nearest wholesale fish market to the Ugandan capital, Kampala. More than 6,000 people live and work in this fishing community.
ZAMBIA : Fishing in Troubled Waters
- Inter Press Service
In two decades of fishing on the Zambezi, Darius Wamulume has never seen anything like this. With deep ulcerations and tissue decay, the fish he has caught recently is too unsightly to sell and too suspect to eat.
WATER-BOTSWANA: A Garden In the Heart of the Village
- Inter Press Service
Look, there's no drama with the borehole in Mokobeng. And that's the way it should be.
AFRICA: Could Regulation Ease Fears Over Land Grabs?
- Inter Press Service
The 'land rush' across Africa by international investors should be regulated to protect smallholder farmers from deals that could leave them landless and hungry.
DEVELOPMENT: Land Grabs for Food Production Under Fire
- Inter Press Service
A move by governments and rich investors to raise food crops on farmland purchased in some of the world's poorer countries is coming under fire.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Grassroots Campaign Calls for Bold Steps
- Inter Press Service
Through nearly 5,000 different actions planned in 170 countries for Saturday, climate change activists will try to raise public awareness on the need for a new global climate treaty which would set an upper limit for atmospheric carbon dioxide that would effectively prevent environmental catastrophes.
DEVELOPMENT: For-Profit Seeds Hurting Farmers, Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
Large biotechnology firms are not only depriving poor farmers of inputs essential for their livelihoods, but are also pushing up food prices, according to a new U.N. report.
VENEZUELA: El Niño Dries Up Water, Power, Food Supply
- Inter Press Service
The guanábana (soursop) trees in Victoria Martínez's small orchard have yielded none of their delicious fruit this year, which she blames on the scarcity of water, a problem as annoying as the power blackouts at her house close to Tocuyito, a sun-baked town 120 kilometres southwest of the Venezuelan capital.
THAILAND: Renewable Energy Not So Clean and Green After All?
- Inter Press Service
The view from Bhorn’s window in this northern province is as picturesque as one can find in rural Thailand. The Nan River flows majestically through the Gulf of Thailand, located 300 kilometres to the south. Mango and banana trees line the banks with expansive verdant green paddy fields beyond.
U.S.: Public More Complacent About Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Less than two months before a key international conference on curbing climate change, a major U.S. poll has found a sharp drop in public concern about global warming.
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