News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 616
Seasonal Bans Not Enough to Save Pacific Tuna
- Inter Press Service
The countries that fish for tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean see seasonal bans as a form of responsible fishing, but environmentalists argue that they are not enough to ensure the survival of a resource that is threatened around the world.
Pulling Together To Protect Zambia's Kafue Flats
- Inter Press Service
Dams, sugarcane plantations and rapidly growing population threatened the health of the Kafue Flats, a richly diverse wetlands in southern Zambia. But growing recognition of more sustainable use of its water and fertile soil are securing the health of the ecosystem.
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Indonesia’s Forests Loom As Green Gold
- Inter Press Service
All eyes are on Indonesia and its forest policy as climate- change negotiations continue in the upcoming global talks in Mexico, against the prospect of billions of dollars flowing from the planet’s major polluters to the developing world to slow global warming.
Illness Plagues Gulf Residents in BP's Aftermath
- Inter Press Service
Increasing numbers of U.S. Gulf Coast residents attribute ongoing sicknesses to BP's oil disaster and use of toxic dispersants.
PHILIPPINES: When A Typhoon Comes, Turn to Twitter
- Inter Press Service
Disaster time is social networking time for a growing number of humanitarian agencies, weather agencies, volunteers and individuals in the Philippines, one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world.
KYRGYZSTAN: Fast Melting Glaciers Threaten Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
Kyrgyzstan's glaciers are receding at what scientists say is an alarming rate, fuelled by global warming. And while experts warn of a subsequent catastrophe for energy and water security for Kyrgyzstan and neighbour states downstream reliant on its water flows, devastation to local ecosystems and the effects on plant and wildlife could be just as severe.
ARGENTINA: More Protection, but Not Enough, for Patagonian Sea
- Inter Press Service
The BP oil spill earlier this year in the Gulf of Mexico seems to have motivated Argentina to double the protected area in the Patagonian Sea, which is rich in petroleum -- and in biodiversity.
ENVIRONMENT-ECUADOR: Plenty of Promises but Little Cash for Leaving Oil Untapped
- Inter Press Service
The Spanish government is 'analysing mechanisms to contribute' one million euros (1.3 million dollars) to the Yasuni-ITT initiative, one of the few definite contributions received by Ecuador for a scheme to leave oil reserves untouched in a highly biodiverse area of the Amazon jungle.
Toxic Hotspots Require Global Superfund
- Inter Press Service
One of the world's biggest health threats is also one of the least recognised - more than 100 million people who literally breathe and eat toxic pollutants like lead, mercury, chromium every day, according to the first-ever detailed assessment.
Cataloguing Biodiversity Presents a Challenge
- Inter Press Service
An international agreement reached in the Japanese city of Nagoya constitutes a great step forward towards protecting biodiversity from decimation, but also represents an enormous legislative and administrative task, environment experts say.
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