News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 931
ENVIRONMENT: Cuba Encourages Ecotourism in Its Largest Wetland
- Inter Press Service
The Zapata wren (Ferminia cerverai) is known in Cuba as the 'soprano of the forest' for its lovely song. But this tiny bird is very timid and, at the slightest sound, will hide in the vegetation in the Cienaga de Zapata - Zapata Swamp - 160 km south of Havana on the island’s south-central coast.
ENVIRONMENT-US: Advocates Fight Mountaintop Removal
- Inter Press Service
Environmental groups across the southeast United States, from Georgia to the Appalachia region, are stepping up their opposition to a controversial but widespread practice by coal companies of removing the tops of mountains with explosives.
ENVIRONMENT: Synergies in Fight Against Desertification , Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Climate change aggravates soil degradation, but sustainable use of land resources can, in turn, mitigate global warming, according to participants at the United Nations conference on desertification in the Argentine capital.
Q&A: Heavy Vehicle Market Taking Off in Africa
- Inter Press Service
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev’s recent official visit to a handful of African countries has provided new impetus to Russian business’s interest in the region.
SRI LANKA: Mixed Hopes amid Unpredictable Weather Shifts
- Inter Press Service
As the world awaits with bated breath the much-anticipated outcome of the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Change Summit in December, the impact of which will reverberate across the globe, Sri Lanka, like many other countries, has been reeling under sharply contrasting weather conditions.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Neglected Land Washing Away
- Inter Press Service
Damage to wetlands high in Lesotho's Maluti mountains has impacts on the health of the whole of the Orange-Senqu river system.
ENVIRONMENT: Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilisation?
- Inter Press Service
In early 2008, Saudi Arabia announced that, after being self-sufficient in wheat for over 20 years, the non-replenishable aquifer it had been pumping for irrigation was largely depleted.
DEVELOPMENT:: Gender Advocates Keep a Close Eye on Climate Talks
- Inter Press Service
After nine months of a rollercoaster ride pushing for a gender perspective on climate change, advocates are finally beginning to reap the fruits of their labour.
AFRICA: Surplus Crop, But We Are Starving — Farmers Say
- Inter Press Service
In Malawi where maize crop surplus fills the national storehouses to capacity, farmers Ida and Montfort Salijeni and their four children have turned to wild tubers for food.
DEVELOPMENT: ‘Gender Is No Distraction in Climate Change Talks’
- Inter Press Service
As the countdown to the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit draws to a close, gender and climate change advocates are doubling their efforts to make sure that 23 gender-related paragraphs in the negotiating text will make it to the new treaty that will be hammered out in December.
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