News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 635
Funding Lags to Aid Pakistan's Millions of Displaced
- Inter Press Service
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon returned from Pakistan Monday calling the floods there the worst disaster he has ever witnessed and urging the world community to speed up assistance to the Pakistani people.
U.N. Decade Hopes to Push Back Encroaching Deserts
- Inter Press Service
Desertification has long been recognised as a major environmental, economic and social problem for countries the world over. But despite major efforts, which started with the United Nations Conference on Desertification (UNOCD) in 1977, the process of land degradation is intensifying.
ENVIRONMENT: Climate Change Debate Rises with Pakistan Floods
- Inter Press Service
'If this is not God’s wrath, what is?' 40-year-old taxi driver Bakht Zada said of the massive floods in Pakistan that have swept away his life earnings.
JAPAN: Tapping Into Tokyo’s Past Pushes Conservation Efforts
- Inter Press Service
When architect Hikari Kurihara built his quaint house five years ago, he hoped to spread a new message of conservation — by revisiting the past.
CHILE: Salmon Industry Won't Give Up
- Inter Press Service
The once booming salmon industry in Chile is trying to get back on its feet after the devastating health crisis that cut production in half. But its long-term viability has been called into question.
BIODIVERSITY: An Ocean of Crustaceans
- Inter Press Service
What lives in the world's oceans? Crabs mostly, according to the Census of Marine Life, a 10-year research effort.
MEXICO: Oil Workers at Sea Without a Safety Net
- Inter Press Service
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has reawakened concerns about labour conditions on Mexican drilling platforms.
MEXICO: Road Construction Runs Counter to Climate Efforts
- Inter Press Service
Every morning, Mexican biologist Luis Zambrano walks with his daughter to her school, less than a kilometre from his house, in the Magdalena Contreras district, located in the southwest of the Mexican capital.
AFRICA: Modified Banana Could Cure Deadly Disease
- Inter Press Service
An innovation by researchers in Nigeria could be a cure for the devastating Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) - responsible for annual losses in excess of 500 million dollars of crop across East and Central Africa. But it has also fuelled debate on the genetic engineering of crops in Africa.
US: Gulf Health Problems Blamed on Dispersed Oil
- Inter Press Service
BP says it is no longer using toxic dispersants to break up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Gulf Coast residents claim otherwise, and say they have the sicknesses to prove it.
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