News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 575
MEXICO: Native Community Defends Land Against Loggers, Organised Crime
- Inter Press Service
'Our patience has run out,' says Mary, an indigenous woman with three children to care for on her own, since her husband was kidnapped from his home by an armed group. In this town in western Mexico, local residents have begun to defend themselves with sticks and stones against illegal loggers and organised crime groups that are their allies.
BRAZIL: Politicians Out of Sync with Public Sentiment on the Environment
- Inter Press Service
The environmental movement continues to gain credibility and support as scientific findings confirm its warnings and natural disasters become increasingly frequent. Yet this growing awareness has yet to reach political decision makers in countries like Brazil, much to the frustration of environmentalists.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Getting Water to the People
- Inter Press Service
The Southern African region is underutilising its water — a resource to which its citizens already have limited access.
OP-ED: The Good News About Coal
- Inter Press Service
During the years when governments and the media were focused on preparations for the 2009 Copenhagen climate negotiations, a powerful climate movement was emerging in the United States: the movement opposing the construction of new coal-fired power plants.
Tourism, Climate Change - Threats to Antarctic Wilderness
- Inter Press Service
Too many tourists and too much climate change are the main concerns of environmental organisations and the governments of signatory countries of the Antarctic Treaty, which came into effect 50 years ago.
Mauritania Could Lose Its Capital City to the Sea
- Inter Press Service
For the past five years, water has been seeping out of the ground beneath parts of Nouakchott, undermining foundations and transforming some areas of the Mauritanian capital into uninhabitable marshes.
'Microfinance Can Help Rural Communities Adapt to Climate Change'
- Inter Press Service
Projects to fight climate change are being designed all around the world. But only five percent of them can be financed with the current international funds available, which means resources have to be used more wisely. Microfinance could be one solution.
Gender Indicators for Global Climate Funds Still an Afterthought
- Inter Press Service
Of the millions of dollars spent on climate change projects in developing countries, little has been allocated in a way that will benefit women. Yet, in Africa, it is women who will be most affected by climate change.
Industrial Food Production Fuels Spread of E. Coli
- Inter Press Service
In the 1998 medical thriller 'Toxin' by U.S. novelist Robin Cook, the ground beef in hamburgers is contaminated with a deadly strain of the Escherichia coli or E. coli bacterium, unleashing a massive epidemic. The novel was inspired by a real outbreak that had taken place several years earlier.
INDIA: Human Barricade Stops India’s Big Ticket Steel Project
- Inter Press Service
Fourteen-year-old Satikanta Sahu loves going to school, but these days, he would rather spend his time manning the barricade and facing down policemen in the sandy coastal village of Govindpur in India’s eastern state of Orissa.
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