News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 949
CLIMATE CHANGE: G8 Declares a Lack of Promise
- Inter Press Service
The G8 summit is no climate change meeting, and not formally associated in any sense with the series of negotiating meetings leading up to the climate change conference in Copenhagen in December. But the outcome of a G8 sponsored forum on climate change should get environmentalists worried about any outcome in Copenhagen.
FAO Paper On Land Grab Is 'Wishy-Washy': AFRICA
- Inter Press Service
The boom in the acquisition of arable land in Africa by foreign companies and governments has stirred an international debate between international institutions such as the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and non-governmental groups and independent experts.
LAOS: The New Silk Road
- Inter Press Service
At the age of 13, Kommaly Chantavong, now 64, walked over 600 kms to Vientiane from her home in Lao’s northern province of Huaphan. She walked through the buzzing war with the French in bare feet. All she took were heirloom pieces of woven silk, legacies from her grandmothers.
Q&A: 'Massive Transfer of Power to the Poor' Needed In Crisis
- Inter Press Service
Innovative solutions at a time of crisis, extending services and technology to the poor and building democracy around the initiatives of ordinary citizens are the prescription to combat poverty that Roberto Haudry, head of IFAD for the Andean subregion, would suggest to Latin American governments.
G8: The Five Throw a Challenge
- Inter Press Service
'The world needs a new global governance,' the G5 declared Wednesday, 'the construction of which must be based on inclusive multilateralism.' As rhetoric goes, this might sound like more of the same. But the time and place of that declaration gave the words a new significance.
FILM: Shattering the Myth of 'Agrarian America'
- Inter Press Service
'How is it that you can buy a 99-cent cheeseburger but not even a head of broccoli?' wonders Michael Pollan, author and co-narrator of the new documentary 'Food, Inc.'.
WATER-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Floods - Breaking the Cycle
- Inter Press Service
The fourth largest river in Africa, the mighty Zambezi, is a lifeblood to 32 million people, from land-locked Zambia to Mozambique in the Indian Ocean. But its blessing is also its curse.
TRADE: Crisis Forcing Emerging Markets to Move Beyond the Dollar
- Inter Press Service
The global economic crisis is bringing together countries in regions with emerging markets, such as Russia and South Africa, to move beyond the dollar-based economic model. Given their politico-economic similarities, these two countries should build on opportunities to share expertise and technology.
/CORRECTED REPEAT*/ENVIRONMENT-SOUTH AFRICA: How Friendly is Biodegradable Plastic?
- Inter Press Service
Awareness of pollution and the amount of waste going into limited landfill space is encouraging the growing adoption of products with biodegradable plastic packaging. But environmentalists are challenging the claims made for these green products.
AUSTRALIA: Scientist Pushes For Coral Triangle Action
- Inter Press Service
While Australia remains committed to playing an ongoing role in assisting the six nations of the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) to protect their marine environments, a leading scientist here says that an Australian-style of management in the triangle will not work.
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