News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 585
Stray Dog Issue Hounds Animal Welfare in India
- Inter Press Service
Moves to enact a new law on animal welfare in India have upset public health advocates, who fear it will interfere with efforts to control rabies-carrying stray dogs.
Seed Proteins May Help Plants Weather Drought
- Inter Press Service
British researchers are working on techniques to improve seeds chances of surviving drought by tapping the potential of little-known proteins that regulate water intake.
INDIA: ‘Green’ Project Found Violating Environment Laws
- Inter Press Service
A waste-to-energy (WtE) project in the heart of the Indian capital and run by a powerful industrial family is testing the enforceability of the country’s environmental and zoning laws.
Japan Veers Away from Nuclear Energy
- Inter Press Service
Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s decision to stop the building of new nuclear power plants and explore solar and wind energy signals a drastic turn in Japan’s energy policy that has brought a sigh of relief to wary scientists, anti-nuclear groups and an increasingly anxious public.
NIGER: Caring for the River, Reaping the Benefits
- Inter Press Service
In anticipation of growing sorghum during the coming rainy season, Hamadou Abdou and his son are busy preparing the soil on the family's farm in Bougoum, a village in the west of Niger.
MEXICO: REDD Rag to Indigenous Forest Dwellers
- Inter Press Service
The implementation of a forestry programme against climate change in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas poses a threat to indigenous people in the state, non-governmental organisations warn.
INDIA: Water Efficient Methods Revolutionise Sugarcane Growing
- Inter Press Service
When their sugarcane crops failed to deliver a good yield three years ago, Kantabai Chavan and her husband Baban decided to try a new strategy.
BRAZIL: Accusations Mount against Pulp and Paper Giant
- Inter Press Service
Brazilian and international environmental organisations and peasant farmer movements are taking aim at the forestry industry once again, this time accusing transnational corporation Stora Enso of illegally profiting from the production of wood pulp in the state of Bahia.
AFRICA: Development Agencies Support Harmful Oil Palm Production
- Inter Press Service
Increasing industrial production of oil palm in sub-Saharan African countries, carried out by foreign corporations, is destroying the livelihoods of thousands of Africans and the biodiversity of ecosystems. Despite this, industrialised countries’ governments and development agencies continue to promote such production.
AFRICA: Investment Growth Benefiting Only Some Poor States
- Inter Press Service
While foreign direct investment in least developed countries (LDCs) in Africa has risen sharply over the past decade, most of it went to resource-rich economies and had little impact on employment creation.
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