News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 934
RIGHTS-MALAYSIA: Win Some, Lose Some for Beleaguered Penan Tribe
- Inter Press Service
In wealthy Malaysia that employs over four million Asians to service its high- rolling lifestyle, a tiny indigenous tribe is fighting for its survival against state inaction and bureaucratic apathy, as well as marauding giant multinationals and timber loggers.
LATIN AMERICA: Food Crisis Must Be Regional Priority
- Inter Press Service
There are 52 million hungry people in Latin America and the Caribbean, six million more than in 2008 - an aspect of the global economic crisis that must be a top priority focus of national policies and development aid, according to a meeting of experts from 27 countries held in the Venezuelan capital.
Q & A: Plants Know No Frontiers, They Grow Everywhere
- Inter Press Service
Mauritian woman scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was awarded the African Union Women Scientist Regional Award 2009 this month for her scientific achievement and contribution through science to the socio-economic development of Africa.
Q&A: Plants Know No Frontiers, They Grow Everywhere
- Inter Press Service
Mauritian woman scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was awarded the African Union Women Scientist Regional Award 2009 this month for her scientific achievement and contribution through science to the socio-economic development of Africa.
ENVIRONMENT: Electric Fence as Lifesaver for Endangered Elephants
- Inter Press Service
Dennawa is a typical rural Sri Lankan agriculture village, located deep in the dry zone. Behind the houses made of dry brick stretch the fields where villagers tend vegetables and fruit plantations.
SOUTH ASIA: Disunity Hovers over a Region Battling Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
As the Copenhagen Conference on climate change draws nearer, South Asia, which appears poised for severe threats from the impacts of climate change, faces a stiff challenge on two fronts.
Q&A: Regional Prescriptions for Water Management
- Inter Press Service
The Orange-Senqu River has a one million square kilometre basin that covers Lesotho, South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. The water it provides is crucial to industry in South Africa, but is also relied on by farmers and domestic users.
ENVIRONMENT: Cairo Sinking in Garbage
- Inter Press Service
Garbage collectors in Cairo's Giza district have resumed work, but it could take weeks to clear the 25,000 tons of garbage that accumulated during their month-long strike, and longer still to solve the underlying problems.
ENVIRONMENT: Making Wetlands Count
- Inter Press Service
Iceland wants wetland restoration to be assessed for emission reduction units at the summit to work out a new deal on climate change in December in Copenhagen.
POPULATION: Where’s Family Planning on Climate Change Radar?
- Inter Press Service
Are climate change and reproductive health two disparate subjects?
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