News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 599
CLIMATE CHANGE: In Europe, Pollution Is a Masculine Noun
- Inter Press Service
Many aspects of gender inequality are well known and well documented. But there seems to be little awareness that male behaviour leads to greater emissions of climate-changing gases.
ECUADOR: Still a Ways to Go, After Historic Ruling Against Chevron
- Inter Press Service
The plaintiffs in the case against Chevron tried in Ecuador, who won a historic 9.5 billion dollar verdict after a nearly 18-year struggle over environmental and health damages caused in a quarter-century of oil operations in the Amazon jungle, are not disheartened by the road still ahead.
Link Confirmed Between Warming and Heavy Storms
- Inter Press Service
Human-induced heating of the planet has already made rainfall more intense, leading to more severe floods, researchers announced Wednesday.
Central America Has Highest Rate of Forest Loss in Region
- Inter Press Service
Central America has suffered the highest rate of forest loss in Latin America over the last 10 years, despite a growing number of plans aimed at curbing the decline, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reports.
Elephants Find a Place in Cricket Cup
- Inter Press Service
Sri Lanka goes into a frenzy this month as it plays co-host to the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Conservationists hope the national pasttime will share national and international media attention with an endangered Sri Lankan resident: the elephant.
Wild Seismic Predictions Disputed
- Inter Press Service
Without in-depth scientific documentation of marine mammal strandings, natural history and animal behaviour, the prediction of seismic events based on behaviour of marine mammals is not widely accepted. Sceptics often dismiss such predictions as conjecture.
Kenyan Pastoralists Look Back to Secure Their Future
- Inter Press Service
David Lenamira, watching as usual from a seat outside his compound, has no trouble picking out his sheep as the herd boys drive them home every evening. The red-brown animals are smaller than those in his neighbours' herds, but he's proud of them just the same.
INDIA: Pollution Threatens Kashmir’s Fish Species
- Inter Press Service
Several species of fish unique only to the waters of Kashmir are in danger of extinction due to high levels of pollution, environmentalists say.
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Fisheries Need Transparent Regulation
- Inter Press Service
Senegalese fishers participating in the 2011 World Social Forum (WSF) warned governments to 'wake up to the ethical and transparent regulation of access to fisheries' to halt the overexploitation of this increasingly scarce resource.
Water Evaporates in Peru's For-Export Crops
- Inter Press Service
As freshwater disappears from the super-populated Peruvian coast, the most water-intensive crops are expanding unabated as highly profitable exports. Observers warn about the harm this is causing and demand greater responsibility from the government and all involved.
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