News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 958
BIODIVERSITY: Scientists Build a Macroscope of Life on Earth
- Inter Press Service
Imagine looking at a Google Maps-like satellite image of the Amazon forest and with a mouse click find out what lives in that bit of forest - what tree and plant species are there, what animals, birds and insects.
UGANDA: ‘‘Idi Amin, Civil War and AIDS Scaring Tourists Away’’
- Inter Press Service
Ugandans are unhappy with their tourism authority as they believe that their country’s warm climate and exceptional species, such as the mountain gorilla, should attract as many tourists as neighbouring Kenya. To compound matters, the global economic crisis has shrunk tourist arrivals from Europe.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Four Tough Nuts To Crack
- Inter Press Service
The world is on track towards negotiating a solid deal in Copenhagen at the end of this year, Yvo de Boer, the UN's top climate change official, told reporters at the opening of a 12-day conference in Bonn Monday.
BRAZIL: Public Health Embraces Herbal Medicines
- Inter Press Service
Handed down from generation to generation, traditional knowledge about medicinal plants has reached state laboratories in Brazil through a programme that has already identified 71 native and exotic species for producing herbal medicines.
ENERGY: South African Government Edging Towards Renewable Sources
- Inter Press Service
South Africa is slowly moving towards exploring renewable energy sources, having set itself a target of three percent of energy being generated from renewable sources by 2013.
ECONOMY: 'Crisis Must Led to Greater Voice for Workers'
- Inter Press Service
The compensation for managers must be capped at 15 times that of workers, civil society groups demanded Sunday following a conference in Florence.
ENERGY: Oil Economy Driving Growth of Controversial Tar Sands
- Inter Press Service
A report from one of the world’s top energy consultancies says oil production in Canada’s tar sands could see a five-fold increase by 2035.
Q&A: 'Climate Change Will Soon Make Millions Homeless'
- Inter Press Service
Millions of people will soon have to leave their homeland as a result of global warming, says a report on environmental refugees by the Italian environmental association Legambiente. Half of them will move due to natural catastrophes, the rest will be hit by desertification and rising sea levels.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Tourism Threatens Natural Treasure
- Inter Press Service
Jaragua National Park, famous for housing the world’s tiniest reptile, will itself be in danger if the green light is given to mega-hotel projects instead of ecotourism and sustainable development initiatives, say Dominican ecologists.
DEVELOPMENT-VIETNAM: Govt Bauxite Plan Stirs Public Worries
- Inter Press Service
While investors and their opponents argue the pros and cons of an ambitious plan to mine bauxite deposits in Vietnam’s Central Highlands region, life for the tea and coffee farmers in nearby towns has already become a lot more complicated.
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