News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 626
ENVIRONMENT-BURMA: Flood Of Support Rises to Save Inle Lake
- Inter Press Service
Monsoon rains might have brought welcome relief to the inhabitants of Inle Lake, but concerned Burmese groups — both government and non-governmental organisations alike — are rallying to preserve Burma’s second largest lake from drying up again, as it did from earlier this year due to prolonged drought.
CARIBBEAN: Sharing the Pain of Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
With a recent study warning that the Caribbean could lose six percent of its Gross Domestic Product annually to the ravages of climate change, some experts say that a combination of adaptation funding and risk pooling is the region's best hope for the future.
ENVIRONMENT-MALAYSIA: Tougher Wildlife Laws Not Enough, Say Activists
- Inter Press Service
After years of losing the war against animal traffickers and poachers, Malaysia has finally responded with the passage of a new wildlife conservation law. But experts say it might be too late for some of this South-east Asian country’s endangered species.
Q&A: 'Children Mustn't See Fish Only in Pictures'
- Inter Press Service
A casual visit to any of Europe's major supermarkets could leave a shopper with the impression that there is a boundless supply of fish in the continent's waters. The true picture is far less rosy. With about 88 percent of the European Union's fish stocks overexploited, EU vessels are travelling increasingly longer distances before bringing home their catches.
PHILIPPINES: Citizens’ Raids Hauling in Smugglers, Illegal Fishers
- Inter Press Service
Robert Chan shuffles a pile of legal briefs in his temporary office — a wooden cargo vessel that he and a team of volunteer paralegals had apprehended during an operation against smugglers of logs and other forest products from the central Philippine province of Palawan to Malaysia.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Staying Afloat With Submarine Rice
- Inter Press Service
South Asian rice farmers are switching to flood-tolerant strains of rice as insurance against inundations.
Trinidad Scraps Controversial Smelter
- Inter Press Service
The new government of Trinidad and Tobago wasted little time. In fact, Finance Minister Winston Dookeran took less than 30 seconds of a two-hour budget presentation to announce that the People's Partnership government, headed by the country's first female prime minister, Kamla Persad Bissessar, was scrapping the $66.6 million dollar smelter plant project involving investors from China and Brazil.
MEXICO: Soaring Bottled Water Use Highlights Mistrust of Tap Water
- Inter Press Service
More bottled water is consumed per capita in Mexico than in any other country in the world, according to a U.S. consultancy -- a fact that alarms non-governmental organisations because it highlights the lack of access to safe tap water.
CHINA: Great Green Wall Rises, But Questions Remain
- Inter Press Service
Dubbed 'The Great Green Wall,' a human-made ecological barrier designed to stop rapidly encroaching deserts and combat climate change is coming up across China. By 2050, the artificial forest is to stretch 400 million hectares — covering more than 42 percent of China’s landmass.
Rising Energy Demand Hits Water Scarcity 'Choke Point'
- Inter Press Service
Meeting the growing demand for energy in the U.S., even through sustainable means, could entail greater threats to the environment, new research shows.
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