News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 572
Q&A: 'Urgent CO2 Cuts Critical to Save Our Oceans'
- Inter Press Service
The health of the world's oceans is much worse than is widely believed, but it is not too late to change tack and help this critical ecosystem recover, at least in part, experts say.
ASIA: Activists Press for Gender Equality in Forest Tenure Reforms
- Inter Press Service
A 1993 forest act gave back Nepal its green hills, many believe. Activists say the law was also a catalyst for positive change in an area not readily linked with it — women’s rights in rural Nepal.
Keeping Healthy Veggies from Turning Deadly
- Inter Press Service
Fatal outbreaks of food poisoning in the United States, Mexico and Europe expose the failure of regional and global initiatives to ensure that fruits and vegetables are safe and healthy.
Q&A: Cook Islands Aims for 100 Percent Green Energy by 2020
- Inter Press Service
'One hundred percent renewable energy by 2020... It is ambitious but it is not impossible,' Henry Puna, prime minister of the Cook Islands, told IPS in a recent interview.
INDONESIA: Expanding Land Rights to Boost Growth, Cut Emissions
- Inter Press Service
Indonesia has assumed a target to cut greenhouse gas emission rates by half and achieve an economic growth rate of seven percent by changing the way it manages its vast forest land, and giving greater control over land to local communities.
BRAZIL: Women in Favelas Broadcast Peace
- Inter Press Service
Local women's voices have begun to be heard over a community radio station now broadcasting in Complexo do Alemao, a clump of favelas or shantytowns on the north side of this Brazilian city that were ruled until recently by armed drug gangs.
ENVIRONMENT-CHILE: Native Seeds in Danger of Being Monopolised
- Inter Press Service
Fear is growing among environmental and indigenous organisations in Chile over the possible appropriation of native seeds by foreign companies, opening the doors to transgenic crops and their negative impact on biodiversity.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Majority Still Lack Access to Safe Water
- Inter Press Service
Only two in every five people in the Southern African Development Community has access to safe water for drinking and household use. Three quarters of those lacking access, live in rural areas and the majority of these are women and children.
UN: Somalia Is 'Worst Humanitarian Disaster'
- Inter Press Service
The head of the United Nations refugee agency has described the situation in drought-hit Somalia as the 'worst humanitarian disaster' in the world, after meeting with those affected at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya.
ENERGY-BRAZIL: Small Dams, Big Problems
- Inter Press Service
Several rivers in the western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso are likely to become chains of artificial reservoirs feeding small hydroelectric plants (SHP), sometimes with larger power stations in between.
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