News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 579
Dam Project in Turkey Breeds Controversy
- Inter Press Service
The tranquillity and mystery of this town on the banks of Tigris River will not last long. The millennia-old town will be nearly totally destroyed once the nearby Ilisu dam, built for energy and irrigation, is complete.
KENYA: Cassava Offers Food Security in Drought
- Inter Press Service
After substituting her maize crop with cassava, Jemima Mueni has enough money to pay school fees for her children and enough food to last until the end of the year, despite the current drought.
OP-ED: Global CO2 Emissions Reach a New Record High
- Inter Press Service
The alarm bells this time are not being rung by climate scientists or by environmental activists. They are being rung by none other than the International Energy Agency (IEA) - the institution established in the 1970s to defend the interests of Western oil consuming nations.
MALAWI: Village Hands Join to Save Forest for Juice
- Inter Press Service
Seventy kilometres outside Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, a profitable cooperative enterprise is providing villagers jobs and preserving forests.
Millions May Soon Be Fleeing the Floodwaters
- Inter Press Service
Mass migration will inevitably be part of human adaptation to climate change, experts agree, since parts of the world will become uninhabitable in the coming decades.
Turning Toward the Sun for Energy
- Inter Press Service
One key component of the Plan B climate stabilisation strategy is solar energy. Solar is even more ubiquitous than wind energy and can be harnessed with both solar photovoltaics (PV) and solar thermal collectors.
Swiss Bid Disputed Goodbye to Nuclear Energy
- Inter Press Service
Switzerland is witnessing a drastic turnaround in energy policy. Half a year ago, plans for the construction of new nuclear reactors were heavily debated. Now, three months after the disaster in Fukushima, the initial steps for a staged nuclear shutdown have been taken.
AFRICA: Eco-Labels 'Greenwashing' Forest Exploitation
- Inter Press Service
'Eco-label fatigue' is setting in as green logging certification schemes are undermining proper government management of forest resources while 'greenwashing' private ownership of these public resources, critics say.
AFRICA: Eco-Labels 'Greenwashing' Forest Exploitation
- Inter Press Service
'Eco-label fatigue' is setting in as green logging certification schemes are undermining proper government management of forest resources while 'greenwashing' private ownership of these public resources, critics say.
Need to Protect Millions Displaced by Environmental Disasters
- Inter Press Service
Heavy rainfall means that over 500,000 people living in mountainous areas in Uganda need to be relocated as they live in areas at risk to landslides.
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