News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 628
Record Temperatures Killing Caribbean Corals
- Inter Press Service
The waters of the Caribbean Sea are the warmest on record and the region's imperilled corals are bleaching and beginning to die, experts warn.
HAITI: Hurricanes and the River Flowing
- Inter Press Service
In the evening the lowering clouds burst. Through the night they loosed their torrents on the southeastern coast of Haiti.
MALAYSIA: Plan to Use ‘Killer’ Mosquitoes vs Dengue Draws Fire
- Inter Press Service
Genetically modified ‘terminator’ mosquitoes are the latest weapons that the Malaysian government wants to use against the deadly dengue fever, but activists and environmentalists say the public health risks of introducing a new ‘artificial’ strain of mosquito are far too high.
BRAZIL: Small-scale Palm Oil Production Is Women's Work Too
- Inter Press Service
'This isn't women's work,' they told her. But Benedita Nascimento is now one of the most outstanding success stories of a family farming programme involving palm oil production in Brazil's eastern Amazon jungle.
Restoring Ethiopia's Forest Cover
- Inter Press Service
Mesfin Mengistu has been growing trees on his two-hectare farm in Menagesha Woreda for years.
EUROPE: New Permits to Pollute Sought
- Inter Press Service
Extra permits to pollute the atmosphere would be given to corporations that invest in areas surrounding tropical rainforests under plans drawn up by one of Europe's most influential pressure groups.
Locally-Run Protected Areas Could Reverse Fisheries' Death Spiral
- Inter Press Service
Local fishers objected to the creation of a new no-fishing marine protected area off the coast of Belize in 1996. Today they are benefiting from the bounty of fish spilling out of the Laughing Bird Caye National Park. Tourism has also boomed, illustrating the multiple benefits and value of marine protected areas, according to a new series of reports released Wednesday by Conservation International (CI).
BIODIVERSITY: Japan Cooks Up New Ideas as Fish Consumption Depletes Stocks
- Inter Press Service
A processed fish cake, made of a mixture of deep sea fish species pounded into paste and sold either deep fried or frozen, is the brain child of Takuhira Kaneko, head of Act for Company, which trades in fish and located in western Fukuoka city in Japan.
Summit Failure on Water, Sanitation Would Be Recipe for Disaster
- Inter Press Service
A weeklong international conference here has transmitted a strong political message to next week's U.N. summit meeting of world leaders: what good is the fight against poverty, hunger, maternal mortality and child deaths if water and sanitation are not given the high priority they deserve?
EUROPE: Getting Into a Stew over Mackerel
- Inter Press Service
The British have a fascination for the rich, fatty meat of the mackerel, that summertime extravagance often served as pates and salads at fashionable pubs and restaurants. A far cry from the humble cod that is a staple of the more downmarket chip shops on the nation's high streets.
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