News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 613
PERU: Mineral-Rich Highlands Lack Legal Protection
- Inter Press Service
More than 11 percent of Peruvian territory is distributed among mining concessions. Those mining blocks can include moors, river sources, and even protected natural areas.
CENTRAL AMERICA: Big Steps Forward for Nascent Recycling Industry
- Inter Press Service
Waste recycling as a way to save money, create jobs and take care of the environment is finding footing in Central America, where hundreds of tonnes of paper, plastic, tyres and other products are now being marketed through innovative initiatives.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Will Year of Extremes End with a Whimper?
- Inter Press Service
This year will likely be the warmest ever recorded, with soaring ocean temperatures resulting in a near record die-off of tropical corals, extreme heat and drought in Russia and massive flooding in Pakistan - all signs that climate change has taken hold.
Sharks Make It Through the Net, Bluefish Tuna Don't
- Inter Press Service
Governments have moved to ban the commercial fishing of at least two species of endangered sharks, but the Atlantic bluefin tuna received little protection at the end of a ten-day intergovernmental meeting here.
CLIMATE CHANGE-INDIA: Scientists Warn, Gov’t Must Act
- Inter Press Service
India’s first-ever major scientific assessment of its climate change scenario by the 2030s, released in November, has the report’s scientists rooting for the government to take concrete action.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Don't Look to South Africa for Leadership
- Inter Press Service
South Africa is Africa’s largest economy and the continent's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. The country’s emissions per capita are on par with those of the United Kingdom, and more than twice as high as China’s emissions by the same measure.
CARIBBEAN: Adapting to Disaster as the New Normal
- Inter Press Service
Residents in the communities around Trinityville in the eastern parish of St. Thomas, Jamaica are used to being stranded for several days at a time.
GUATEMALA: Legal Battle Over Wetland Oil Drilling
- Inter Press Service
The 15-year extension of an oil-drilling contract in Guatemala's Laguna del Tigre National Park, one of Central America's most important wetlands, has triggered a legal fight against the government's decision, a battle waged by activists, academics and even government agencies.
Genetic Flight of Nature's Jewels from Chile
- Inter Press Service
Cactus, bushes, flowers and countless other plants are taken out of Chile daily to be studied, improved, marketed and patented. Due to the lack of regulations, the country can only stand by and watch them go.
MADAGASCAR: New Livelihoods to Protect A River's Life
- Inter Press Service
The Nosivolo River has the greatest concentration of freshwater fish species in Madagascar. Strengthening protection of the river's biodiversity has involved transforming the livelihoods of local people.
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