News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 622
Chile Measures Its 'Water Footprints'
- Inter Press Service
How many litres of water are needed to produce one kilogram of table grapes? The current effort to measure the 'water footprint' of this and other Chilean exports could give us some answers by year's end.
ENVIRONMENT: New Biosafety Treaty Faces Tough Tests Ahead
- Inter Press Service
A new international treaty on the safe use of modern biotechnology has just come into being, but developing countries say the real challenge lies in how its lofty ideas can be transferred into practical realities.
Okavango’s resurgent floods test disaster management
- Inter Press Service
Despite early warnings about higher-than-usual flooding of the Okavango Delta in 2010, homes, fields, latrines and boreholes in the delta were flooded.
HUNGARY: 'Former Reds' Behind Red Mud
- Inter Press Service
As the Hungarian government continues its efforts to limit the consequences of a tragic toxic leak last week, it has also used the opportunity to attack a supposed former communist-turned capitalist oligarchy that allegedly runs the country's economy.
FOOD-GUATEMALA: Bad Omens for 2011
- Inter Press Service
Guatemala needs to take steps to prepare for even worse problems of hunger in 2011, caused by climate change and farmers' heavy dependence on a few basic crops like corn and beans, experts warned on the occasion of World Food Day, celebrated Saturday.
MALAYSIA: Battle Over Indigenous Groups’ Land Rights Shaping Up
- Inter Press Service
As the tabling in Parliament of a proposed law affecting their ancestral land draws near, Malaysia’s Orang Asli or ‘original people’ are gearing up anew for moves to challenge it.
EUROPE: Poor Safeguards Against Further Spills
- Inter Press Service
The red sludge spill at the Ajka alumina plant in Hungary has been called one of the three worst environmental disasters in Europe in the last 20-30 years. But environmentalists warn other waste depositing sites in Central and Eastern Europe are prone to similar accidents.
EUROPE: Woods Are Lovely, Dark and Disappearing
- Inter Press Service
Surprising how dark it is here, even on a clear summer day. Centuries-old trees, some as high as a 15-floor house, allow only a little light to sift down to earth. Fallen trunks bar the muddy paths, and no less than 28 species of mosquitoes can't wait to suck your blood.
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Activists Vow To Take On First Dam on Lower Mekong
- Inter Press Service
A hydropower dam project in Laos that could permanently scar South-east Asia’s largest river, the Mekong, faces a strong wall of opposition from local and regional green groups determined to protect its pristine environment.
BRAZIL: Environmentalism Not a Top Priority for Voters
- Inter Press Service
Getting voters to put a priority on policies that protect the environment is a challenge facing environmentalists and politicians in Brazil, especially in areas lacking in basic infrastructure, like the Amazon jungle.
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