News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 927
AFRICA: Climate Change Worsening Farming’s Trade-Related Woes
- Inter Press Service
Numerous research institutes and international organisations agree that climate change will in the short and medium term worsen Africa's agriculture and food production capabilities, unless greenhouse gases emissions (GHE) are substantially reduced and adequate trade and investment policies put in place.
MIDEAST: Gaza Gets Ambitious With Mud
- Inter Press Service
On a searing summer morning, workers are adding layers to the mud-brick police station being constructed in Sheikh Zayed, northern Gaza.
THAILAND: Coastal Folk Flex Collective Muscle to Restore Mangroves
- Inter Press Service
Looking across the bay while at a restaurant built on stilts over water, Bonchai Chayapat muses over the transformed landscape once lush with a mangrove forest that today has all but vanished.
DEVELOPMENT: Hunger Hurts Also the Well-Fed
- Inter Press Service
Ask food experts whether it is in the interest of well-fed people in wealthy countries to fight hunger, and most will say: Yes. But ask whether we should tell them, and the answer you are likely to get is: maybe not.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Kyoto Protocol Is a Lifeline for Island Nations
- Inter Press Service
'It was a little bit scary,' says Dessima Williams, describing how the two weeks of United Nations climate change negotiations ended here on Oct. 9. 'Our concerns need to be heard more.'
MEXICO: Fair Trade Will Become Major Trend, Say Growers
- Inter Press Service
Thanks to fair trade, Jorge Cetz - a lemon and mango grower from the southeastern Mexican state of Campeche - has gained access to markets and organised his cooperative better. But in order to enhance results under this form of sustainable production and alternative marketing, more support is needed, he said.
CLIMATE CHANGE: New Financial Scheme Turns Heat on Rich Nations
- Inter Press Service
A new financial mechanism to help the developing world deal with the challenges posed by climate change looms as a major hurdle on the road leading up to a United Nations summit in Copenhagen in mid-December.
ENERGY: Crisis Has Hurt Investment in Renewables
- Inter Press Service
In Latin America, Brazil is the leader in the development of renewable energies, while nations like Mexico, Peru, Chile and Argentina are taking slow steps to change their energy mix.
BIODIVERSITY: Dwindling Fish Catch Could Leave a Billion Hungry
- Inter Press Service
Fish catches are expected to decline dramatically in the world's tropical regions because of climate change, but may increase in the north, said a new study published Thursday.
TRADE: NGOs Welcome EU’s Vow 'not to push ACP into EPAs'
- Inter Press Service
Non-governmental organisations have expressed their satisfaction at the European Commission’s declaration that it would not put 'undue pressure' on African and other countries to conclude the controversial trade deals called economic partnership agreements (EPAs).
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