News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 590
BRAZIL: Belo Monte Dam Faces Endless Hurdles and Controversies
- Inter Press Service
The Xingu river flows around small isles and islands and across rapids and waterfalls in Brazil's Amazon jungle, and has a dramatically reduced flow during dry season. Navigating it presents constant hurdles and risks.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Developing Countries Step In Where Richer Nations Fear to Tread
- Inter Press Service
Led by countries like Indonesia, 48 developing nations are rolling out a range of pledges to voluntarily cut their respective emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by 2020, the year climate scientists say the earth’s rising temperature should peak by if an environmental catastrophe is to be avoided.
CUBA: Balancing Bane and Blessing of Oil
- Inter Press Service
Cuba is sticking to its plans to begin oil exploration this year in its territorial waters in the Gulf of Mexico, and has assured neighbouring countries that 'every reasonable' safety and environmental protection measure will be taken, in an area still haunted by the disastrous effects of the crude oil spill in 2010.
ENVIRONMENT: U.N. Tries to Put Its Own House in Order
- Inter Press Service
In the past few years, United Nations headquarters in New York has undergone a transformation. Besides renovating the entire building, the U.N. is trying, as a leading international organisation, to take more responsibility and set an example for environmentally-friendly, sustainable practices by implementing such changes as cutting back on printing, posting more documents online, and creating water-saving measures.
HEALTH-COLOMBIA: Controversy Still Surrounds Malaria Vaccine Pioneer
- Inter Press Service
The announcement of progress towards making synthetic vaccines against 517 infectious diseases, and the award of an international prize for his work have stirred up lively controversy around Colombian pathologist Manuel Elkin Patarroyo, a malaria vaccine pioneer.
/CORRECTED REPEAT*/EXCLUSIVE: Report from Fukushima
- Inter Press Service
My decision to visit Fukushima - the area worst hit by the massive quake, tsunami and nuclear power accident on Mar. 11 - was taken one afternoon last week after a long meeting with scientists.
CLIMATE CHANGE: World Bank Under Fire for Role in New Global Green Fund
- Inter Press Service
The World Bank is facing mounting opposition from a broad network of green and grassroots activists over its role in a new global Green Climate Fund (GCF) aimed at helping developing countries combat the ravages of climate change.
EXCLUSIVE: Japan Requires Collective Efforts to Contain the Nuclear Tragedy
- Inter Press Service
My decision to visit Fukushima - the area worst hit by the massive quake, tsunami and nuclear power accident on Mar. 11 - was taken one afternoon last week after a long meeting with scientists.
WORLD HEALTH DAY: The Ten-Year Timeline for Antibiotics Burnout
- Inter Press Service
Though the World Health Organization (WHO) has focused this year's World Health Day Apr. 7 on prioritising the struggle against the global spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), scores of international researchers and scientists fear this decision is coming too late, with 2011 already shadowed by the failure of pharmaceutical antibiotics to curb the proliferation of diseases.
Brazil Beefs Up Nuclear Emergency Plans
- Inter Press Service
The Brazilian government is tightening safety procedures at its two nuclear power stations. Although this South American country is not prone to earthquakes or tsunamis, it is not exempt from natural disasters like landslides and flooding that could jeopardise evacuation plans if a radiation leak occurred.
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