News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 587
Jamaica Moves to Slash Hefty Food Import Bill
- Inter Press Service
Behind the rusting zinc sheets covering the gates to his inner-city home, Norman Hamilton is one of the army of backyard gardeners who have been called to action in Jamaica's latest efforts to improve food security.
New Sarcophagus for Chernobyl Will Have to Wait Until 2015
- Inter Press Service
The ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor where an explosion 25 years ago led to one of the worst environmental disasters in history still contain 95 percent of the original fuel load, which remains highly radioactive.
ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Kerala Waits for Relief from Endosulfan Tragedy
- Inter Press Service
Ajith, a nine-year old boy from Badiyadukka village in the southern Indian state of Kerala, waits patiently for his mother to return from the market and take him to the toilet. His bones are so deformed, he is totally immobile.
OP-ED: Still no Escape from Killer Chernobyl
- Inter Press Service
The accident could have served as a wake-up call to the whole of humanity. Twenty-five years ago, on Apr. 26 1986, disaster struck at the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear complex in the Ukrainian state of the former Soviet Union.
PERU: Guardians of the Dry Forest
- Inter Press Service
Half-shouting over the roar of the old truck we are riding in, Peruvian farmer Pablo Escudero points to a green wall that rises up in the distance and says, 'That’s our ‘rain caller’, the place we have fought so hard to create, which will be our legacy to our children.'
BANGLADESH: W.A.S.H. Keeps Communities Clean
- Inter Press Service
One sunny afternoon, 19-year-old Sufia Aktar presides over a courtyard gathering of housewives discussing the use of safe water, a hygienic environment, and personal cleanliness. It is the last of such gatherings for Sufia, who will soon leave, knowing it was 'mission accomplished.'
ENVIRONMENT: Women Key to Greening the Economy
- Inter Press Service
Earth Day celebrated its 41st year Friday with the slogan ‘A Billion Acts of Green’. The grassroots demonstration is said to have inspired the modern environmental movement, and continues to inform and promote green economic policies worldwide, while attracting over a half billion people every year.
MEXICO: Some Progress Made in Eliminating Toxic PCBs
- Inter Press Service
Mexico is carrying out a project to identify, decommission and eliminate polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) waste in order to reduce risks of human exposure and environmental damages.
JAPAN: Civil Society Gaining Ground Following Quake
- Inter Press Service
Civil society organisations in Japan have traditionally been on the sidelines in influencing mainstream policy, but the massive Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of Mar. 11 is becoming a catalyst for important change.
ENVIRONMENT: Kiss of Life for DR Congo Pygmies
- Inter Press Service
'Most of the houses in our villages are still made with small branches that we have collected, while our timber and our medicinal plants are taken by people who are enriching themselves elsewhere,' said Ampiobo Amuri, a traditional pygmy chief.
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