News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 604
U.N. to Host Slew of Talkfests Through 2011
- Inter Press Service
Living up to its reputation - or notoriety - as one of the world's quintessential talking shops, the United Nations has scheduled a slew of high-level meetings and international conferences through December this year.
U.S.: Sick Gulf Residents Beg Officials for Help
- Inter Press Service
In an emotionally charged meeting this week sponsored by the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, fishermen, Gulf residents and community leaders vented their increasingly grave concerns about the widespread health issues brought on by the three-month-long disaster.
LEBANON: Trashy Bag Gets Trendy
- Inter Press Service
Wafa Saab, a high-powered executive at the leading Lebanese-manufactured paint company Tinol, is an environmentally friendly fashionista. On her arm hangs a pink and blue gym bag. It’s made of garbage.
ZIMBABWE: Protecting the Zambezi's Kapenta Fish
- Inter Press Service
'The fish are disappearing.' The words and the world-weary gaze could belong to a fisherman from almost anywhere, as stocks come under pressure due to over-exploitation all over the world.
CLIMATE CHANGE: ‘Water Towers of Asia’ Show Cracks
- Inter Press Service
A concerted effort to formally document the magnitude and directions of climate trends in the Eastern Himalayas and thereby decide regional adaptation strategies is critical to ensure the region’s water security, according to water experts.
US: EcoATMs Swap E-waste for Cash
- Inter Press Service
It's hardly news that the U.S. love affair with electronic gadgets has a dark side. The global toll on natural resources and the potential health and environmental hazards are staggering.
Climate Change Could Be Aggravating Effects of El Niño, La Niña
- Inter Press Service
The strongest La Niña weather system in 50 years has brought historic flooding to Australia and drought to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, driving up food prices.
Latest Food Crisis Brewing for Months
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations, which is trying to reach out to nearly a billion undernourished people, some living in perpetual hunger, is anticipating another food crisis later this year.
CAMBODIA: Chinese Dams Challenge Western Development Monopoly
- Inter Press Service
A steady rise of new dams in Cambodia is becoming a platform for the country’s prime minister to showcase where the Southeast Asian kingdom’s ties with China - a late arrival among Cambodia’s foreign aid and development partners - is headed.
BIODIVERSITY: Pharaonic Palm at Risk of Extinction, Again
- Inter Press Service
Environmentalists have called for more efforts to protect the argun palm, a rare desert tree prized by the ancient Egyptians that is on the verge of extinction.
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