News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 608
INDIA: Clashes Continue Between Elephant Vs Humans
- Inter Press Service
Returning home from work recently, farmer Baidhar Singh was aghast to find his thatched hut in Balasore district, Orissa trampled to the ground. Just a few hundred metres away stood the culprits, huge and grey against the darkening sky: a herd of 65 wild elephants.
EUROPE: GM Debate Gets a Polish Twist
- Inter Press Service
In the summer presidential campaign, fake posters of two leading candidates showed up on the streets of Polish cities. 'United we stand, divided we fall', the slogan of now president Bronislaw Komorowski, became 'United we stand, modified we fall'. Equally bombastic 'Poland is most important' by opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski turned into 'Poland without GMO is most important'.
ECUADOR: Farming in the Shadow of the Volcano
- Inter Press Service
On a clear day, hundreds of families pull over in their cars and snap pictures of the column of smoke spewing out of the Tungurahua volcano in central Ecuador.
Dire Development Issues Converge in the Drylands
- Inter Press Service
Few are aware that close to one billion people in over 100 different countries are suffering from or severely threatened by intense desertification. Yet awareness is crucial, for it is human behaviour that has led to the proliferation of hyper- arid, uncultivable drylands over the past few decades.
PORTUGAL: Economic Crisis Looms, But Clean Energy Shines On
- Inter Press Service
While the shadow of a speculative assault looms over Portugal, similar to the economic crises that hit Greece and Ireland, this Iberian nation manages to hold up the beacon of renewable energy.
OP-ED: The EU Must Start Fishing Responsibly Now
- Inter Press Service
The loss of marine biodiversity is hurtling forward at an unprecedented rate. At present, the FAO calculates that nearly 80 percent of the world’s fishery resources are fully exploited, overexploited or depleted. Furthermore, marine scientists have suggested that if the current pace of exploitation continues, all fish stocks will have collapsed or disappeared by 2048.
BRAZIL: Building a 'Reforestation Economy' in the Mata Atlântica
- Inter Press Service
In one of the most environmentally damaged areas of Brazil's Mata Atlântica forest, work is under way to reforest a watershed that supplies Rio de Janeiro, while also establishing a 'reforestation' market that stimulates local job creation and local consumption.
BIODIVERSITY: Dying Beneath the Calm Waters
- Inter Press Service
At first glance, Lake Constance, trapped between Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, looks as peaceful as ever. But under the lake's apparently placid waters, a dramatic change is taking place - one that threatens to obliterate much of local biodiversity.
ENERGY: Cleaner Coal Technology Heats Up in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
As a dutiful new bride, Rubina Ikram moved into her in-laws’ home lugging a huge dowry that consisted not only of clothes, furniture and linen, but also a wide array of electric appliances — from a DVD player to a washing machine.
U.S.: And Justice for Few
- Inter Press Service
Poor defendants on death row, immigrants in unfair deportation proceedings, torture victims, domestic violence survivors and victims of racial discrimination - all these groups are consistently being denied access to justice while those responsible for the abuses are protected, according to a new report by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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