News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 617
Fresh Warnings Against EU Bio-Fuels Policy
- Inter Press Service
Massive increase in carbon emissions will worsen climate change if the European Union does not urgently revise its energy policy, experts warn.
ETHIOPIA: First Carbon Finance Spreads Green Over Highland
- Inter Press Service
It has been decades since the people of the Humbo Woreda have been self-sufficient in food. A Clean Development Mechanism project - Ethiopia's first - centred on the reforestation of the plateau at the heart of the district, is restoring the local environment - and sustainable livelihoods along with it.
Math Doesn't Add Up to Keep School Doors Open
- Inter Press Service
As donors meet this week to allocate funds for global education, advocates warn that diminished support has forced many poor countries to consider closing schools and sacking teachers.
MEXICO: Summit Host Cancún No Model for Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
The beauty of the Mexican Caribbean resort city of Cancún may have been one reason for choosing it to host the upcoming global summit on climate change. But Cancún has little to recommend it as a model for adapting to the challenges posed by climate change.
CHILE: Alarm Over Decline in Mackerel Stocks
- Inter Press Service
Over-exploitation of jack mackerel, the main commercial species of fish caught in Chile, has caused the decline of the Pacific ocean species and a crisis in the fishing industry. Scientists recommend halving the catch in 2011.
Canada's Parliament Buckles under Weight of Mining Industry
- Inter Press Service
The corporate clout of the mining industry trumped political ideology in Canada when members of all political parties helped to narrowly defeat a bill late last month that would have imposed standards on Canadian mining companies operating in developing countries.
HAITI: As Cholera Spreads, Heavy Rains Wreak Havoc in Camps
- Inter Press Service
Standing on a raised piece of pavement across from the tent where she has lived for the past 10 months, Violet Nicola threw up her hands.
BRAZIL: Battle Between Jungle and Livestock in the Amazon
- Inter Press Service
'Put yourself in God's hands,' his mother told him just before she died. Only later did he understand that as she was dying of kidney failure, she was urging him to continue her work as a Catholic evangelist.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Central America Must Be Recognised as Especially Vulnerable
- Inter Press Service
Having suffered the devastation of extreme weather phenomena in recent years, such as hurricanes Mitch, Stan and Agatha, the countries of Central America will head to the next global climate summit with an emphasis on their vulnerability and demand access to better conditions for dealing with climate disasters.
Congo Leaves Locals Out of Conservation Plans
- Inter Press Service
'Today, I'm ashamed to have signed the documents creating this park, because I didn't know that we would die of hunger in the middle of the forest.' Mpaka-Mbouiti is a leader in the village of Loussala, in the Conkouati-Douli National Park.
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