News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 611
BRAZIL: Mitigating Impacts of Progress in Amazon Jungle
- Inter Press Service
'We want real compensation,' said Luis Nascimento de Freitas, a fisherman from Vila Teotonio, a ramshackle town on the banks of the Madeira River that will be flooded when the Santo Antonio hydroelectric plant is completed.
PHILIPPINES: Students Turn Trash into Tuition
- Inter Press Service
Most people would not think twice about throwing out old plastic bags, empty soda cans, scrap metal and used shampoo bottles. But for the students of Cavite Institute in the Philippines, trash like these have become their ticket out of poverty.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Recyclers Tout Benefits of Their Trade at Cancún Summit
- Inter Press Service
Ezequiel Estay began collecting glass bottles in 1991 after losing his job with the Chilean media conglomerate Copesa. Now, years later, he heads Chile's National Movement of Recyclers and is a leader of the Latin American Recyclers' Network, which is questioning the climate benefits of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
CLIMATE CHANGE: Turning Agriculture From Problem to Solution
- Inter Press Service
Global agriculture contributes in the region of 17 percent to the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change, but according to the World Bank, climate smart agriculture techniques can both reduce emissions and meet the challenge of producing enough food for a growing world population.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Rumours and Pessimism Reign Midway Through Cancún Summit
- Inter Press Service
At the end of the first week of climate negotiations under way in this Mexican Caribbean resort city, it seems a distant possibility that the nearly 200 national delegations will agree on renewing the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012.
CLIMATE CHANGE: REDD at Cancún Causes Angst in India
- Inter Press Service
Forest rights advocates and indigenous community organisations from India are adding their voices to what promises to become the newest division in the climate talks here: the inclusion of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation + in developing countries, or REDD+, as an agreement.
INDIA: Brakes Applied to SUVs - 'Socially Useless Vehicles'
- Inter Press Service
Indian owners of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) and luxury cars, who have been benefiting from subsidies on diesel meant to help farmers, may soon have to pay real prices for their fuel.
Southern Africa Collectively Gearing Up For REDD
- Inter Press Service
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is moving to support its member countries to tap into benefits from the reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) framework.
LATIN AMERICA: Biodiversity Superpower Faces Development Dilemma
- Inter Press Service
If Latin America is to sustain continued economic growth, it faces the dilemma of either threatening its rich biodiversity or transforming into a global leader in providing environmental services based on its unique ecosystems.
CLIMATE CHANGE: New Forest Agreement - REDD Hot Issue at Cancún
- Inter Press Service
A large number of social organisations are not pleased with the international convention on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) being negotiated at the COP16 climate summit.
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