News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 581
ENVIRONMENT DAY: Better to Plant a Tree Than Curse the Desert
- Inter Press Service
With deforestation claiming 5.2 million hectares annually and governments seemingly incapable of agreeing on a new pact to curb climate-altering carbon emissions, it would be easy to write off the situation as hopeless.
Lend Your Car, Save, and Save the World
- Inter Press Service
The world's more than 850 million cars and small trucks are parked 20 to 22 hours a day. Why not use these vehicles more efficiently by letting other people drive them when the owners aren't, asks Robin Chase, CEO of Buzzcar, a car- sharing network to be launched shortly in France.
BRAZIL: Activists Call for Stronger Action against Violence in Amazon
- Inter Press Service
Organisations of small farmers and human rights groups are disappointed with the measures announced by the Brazilian government to address the problem of violence in the Amazon jungle region, after four environmental activists were murdered in less than a week.
CHILE: HidroAysén Dam Project is Dividing Communities
- Inter Press Service
The area that will be flooded to build the HidroAysén project’s five dams represents barely 0.05 percent of the Chilean region of Aysén. But it is made up precisely of the valleys where the majority of the population lives, according to local residents.
ECUADOR: Gov't Shuts Down Illegal Gold Mines
- Inter Press Service
The Ecuadorian government sent in the army to shut down illegal gold mining operations in the jungles of the northwest province of Esmeraldas, where the highly polluting activity is associated with drug traffickers and protected by armed militias and hired killers.
WORLD: Tropical Forest Summit Opens
- Inter Press Service
Heads of state from the Amazon, Congo and Borneo-Mekong basins are meeting in the Congolese capital, Brazzaville: leaders hope to reach an accord on sound management of valuable rainforest ecoystems, but civil society actors believe the problems faced by local populations may be ignored.
EUROPE: Space Agency Maps Mosquitoes to Combat Tropical Diseases
- Inter Press Service
In times of war, the accurate mapping of enemy positions can be the key to victory. In the war on mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, mapping the distribution and habitat of mosquitoes can play a crucial role in combating epidemics at the source.
SOUTH AFRICA: Sound Policy Key to Renewable Energy
- Inter Press Service
A radical rethink of current energy policy can cut South Africa's greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent in 2050 compared to 1990 levels. More than that - after an initial spike in investment - South Africans four decades down the line would pay 23 billion dollars per year less for their electricity compared to business as usual.
EUROPE: New Move to Protect Virgin Forests
- Inter Press Service
Seven countries from the Carpathian Region in Eastern Europe have signed a protocol to prevent one of Europe’s last natural and virgin forests from disappearing at the hands of illegal logging.
Germany Pledges Nuclear Shutdown By 2022
- Inter Press Service
Germany has decided to shut all its nuclear reactors by 2022 in a drastic policy reversal in the wake of the nuclear disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant.
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