News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 625
Who Pays to Deny Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
European organisations dedicated to challenging scientific warnings about the gravity of climate change have refused to reveal who finances their work.
GE Salmon an Ambiguous Milestone for Aquaculture
- Inter Press Service
The march toward domesticating the last wild food source may be about to take a major step forward in Washington - for better or worse.
ARGENTINA: Environmentalists Welcome New Law to Protect Glaciers
- Inter Press Service
Environmental organisations in Argentina are celebrating the passage of a law restricting the extraction of minerals, oil and gas near glaciers, in order to protect these vast freshwater reserves.
PERU: Women Farmers Dream in Organic Flavours of Coffee
- Inter Press Service
It's Saturday and the women hurry in to the cooperative's warehouse in this rural town in southeastern Peru with their huge bags of coffee beans on their backs. Some come on their own, others are accompanied by their husbands or children. But they have all hiked long distances from their farms in the mountains where they grow some of the world's top organic specialty coffee.
BRAZIL: Oil Palm Industry Seeks to Atone for Its Sins
- Inter Press Service
'Better 'dendê' than cattle,' says Violeta dos Reis, who cooks and serves meals in the small eatery she runs with her husband in the community of Arauaí in Brazil's northern Amazon jungle. In this rural area, a new world is opening up for poor farmers.
Geoengineering May Represent Earth's Best 'Plan B'
- Inter Press Service
Beyond Copenhagen and Cancún, a different climate debate has been brewing. The outcome of this debate, however, will affect far more than the climate, and that is precisely why it is so contentious.
Fatal Blast Puts Focus on Web of Gas Pipelines
- Inter Press Service
A natural gas explosion in San Bruno, California that almost decimated an entire city earlier this month has fuelled concerns about the outdated, aging, and dangerous gas pipelines that underlie many U.S. cities.
AFRICA: Can Research Strike a Balance Between Food and Fuel Crops?
- Inter Press Service
While researchers and farmers are still divided on the benefits of growing crops for biofuel production as Africa grapples with food security, Senegal is steadily working to balance the growing demands for food and bio fuels.
AFRICA: In Search of Lasting Farming Solutions to Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
In the semi-arid Laikipia district of Kenya’s Rift Valley province, research scientist Sarah Ogalleh Ayeri travels from one village to the other, documenting methods used by peasant farmers as they attempt to adapt to changing climatic conditions.
Bonaire's Resilient Reefs Offer Hope for Dying Corals
- Inter Press Service
Scientists are closely examining the reefs of this island just north of Venezuela to determine why it has escaped the devastation that wiped out 85 percent of the Caribbean's corals since the 1970s.
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