News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 583
Rainy Season Off to a Poor Start
- Inter Press Service
Despite major underground water reserves and the start of the rainy season, people in the central region of Cuba are anxiously scanning the skies in the face of scant rainfall, which is needed to ease a drought that has become more severe in recent years.
BRAZIL: Amazon Dams Mean Progress for Some, Lost Livelihoods for Others
- Inter Press Service
The Amazonian town of Mutum-Paraná, in the northern Brazilian state of Rondônia, is disappearing. Its last remaining buildings must be dismantled before it is flooded by the construction of the Jirau hydroelectric dam on the Madeira River.
Global Campaign to Bestow Legal Rights on Mother Earth
- Inter Press Service
An international coalition of academics and environmental activists has launched a global campaign for the creation of a new U.N. convention to protect 'mother earth'.
ARGENTINA-PARAGUAY: Giant Dams Touted as Development
- Inter Press Service
The Yacyretá hydroelectric dam run by Argentina and Paraguay is fully operational, supplying the energy it was designed to provide when it was built 40 years ago. But critics complain about severe social and environmental impacts.
Protecting One of Africa's Most Enigmatic Creatures
- Inter Press Service
The manatee, or sea cow, is a torpedo-shaped marine mammal that moves languidly through the tepid waters of the Caribbean, South America and along the coast, rivers and wetlands from Senegal down to Angola. In the late 18th century, one of the manatee's closest and much larger relative, the Stellar Cow, were hunted to extinction. Today, the future of the West African manatee may not be far behind.
ENVIRONMENT-CHILE: Wilderness Dams Galvanise Protesters
- Inter Press Service
Environmental approval for the construction of five hydroelectric dams in Chile's southern Patagonia region has triggered nationwide protests in Chile, giving rise to a citizen's movement whose focus has gone beyond the question of the dams.
Q&A: 'The Battle for Patagonia Has Just Begun' in Chile
- Inter Press Service
The HidroAysén hydroelectric project in Chile’s Patagonia region is causing 'a credibility crisis for institutionality and (President) Piñera,' environmentalist Sara Larraín told Tierramérica.
Sorghum Proving Popular with Kenyan Farmers
- Inter Press Service
Gadam sorghum was introduced to semi-arid regions of eastern Kenya as a way for farmers to improve their food security and earn some income from marginal land. The hardy, high-yielding sorghum variety has not only thrived in harsh conditions, it has won a place in hearts - and plates - of local farmers.
BOLIVIA: Deforestation Devours Rich Ecosystems
- Inter Press Service
Occupations of land for agriculture over the last four decades in Bolivia, whether by individuals or in organised collective initiatives, have led to severe ecological damages and low levels of productivity because of the intensive use of machinery and the failure to take into account the limitations of the soil, said environmentalist Marco Ribera.
ENVIRONMENT-RUSSIA: Activists Protest Destruction of 500-Year-Old Forest by Road
- Inter Press Service
Environmentalists and rights campaigners have mounted pressure on the Russian government to rescind the decision to demolish more than 500-year-old woodlands to make way for the construction of a new super-highway linking Moscow with the country's northern capital, St. Petersburg.
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