News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 596
INDIA: Court Challenges Dubious Environmental Impact Reports
- Inter Press Service
India’s Supreme Court has questioned clearances to industries on the basis of environment impact assessments (EIAs) carried out by private consultants in the pay of project proponents.
Tanzania Biofuel Project's Promise Proves Barren
- Inter Press Service
An ambitious project to produce clean energy for the Netherlands and Belgium has degenerated into a controversial abuse of natural resources in Africa.
Save Climate and Double Food Production With Eco-Farming
- Inter Press Service
Eco-farming could double food production in entire regions within 10 years while mitigating climate change, according to a new U.N. report released Tuesday in Geneva.
Spain Backpedals on Renewable Energy
- Inter Press Service
Spain put the brakes on the use of clean energies to generate electricity, as the government approved an energy savings programme to cope with its large oil bill which affects its commitment to reduce non-renewable sources by 2020.
OP-ED: Women in Agriculture - Gender Gaps Are Holding Back Development
- Inter Press Service
On the occasion of the 100th celebration of International Women’s Day, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) presented a surprising and alarming assessment of the situation of rural women, based on a comprehensive analysis of men and women farmers around the world.
Q&A: 'The Trial Against Chevron Is Totally Corrupt'
- Inter Press Service
Chevron, the second largest U.S. oil company, believes that to overturn the verdict ordering it to pay 9.5 billion dollars in reparations for environmental and public health damages in Ecuador's Amazon jungle, the best defence is a good offence.
Enthusiasm For 2012 Earth Summit Lagging
- Inter Press Service
Timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, the Rio 2012 Summit hopes to recapture the optimism of that earlier era.
AFRICA: World Bank Identifies Five Poor States as 'Growth Poles'
- Inter Press Service
Africa faces an unprecedented opportunity to transform itself, says the World Bank. Its new strategy for the continent aims to leverage growing South-South investment to ensure more inclusive development, while identifying five poor states as 'Growth Poles'.
Biodiversity Panel Learns from IPCC Experience
- Inter Press Service
After five years of preparation the international community is expected to launch the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services this year. For some of its proponents, even the decisions of the World Trade Organisation should be subject to its analysis.
BRAZIL: Rural Women Protest Use of Toxic Agrochemicals
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of women farmers in Brazil demonstrated this week against the use of toxic weedkillers and pesticides on crops and in favour of agricultural techniques that protect their families' health.
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