News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 636
CLIMATE CHANGE: Cancún Conference Holds Out Little Hope in Face of Extreme Weather
- Inter Press Service
Unusually warm temperatures and more frequent and intense droughts and hurricanes... you have seen the headlines. As options dwindle for negotiating a global pact to fight climate change, the United Nations is pointing to today's 'extreme conditions.'
MALAWI: Used Car Dealers Seeing Red Over New Green Tax
- Inter Press Service
Small-scale importers of used cars in Malawi are crying foul over a government decision to introduce higher duties on second-hand passenger vehicles aged eight years and older.
PAKISTAN: Endangered Snow Leopard Clawing Its Way Back
- Inter Press Service
For more than 10 years, Shafqat Hussain has been on the trail of the endangered snow leopard. He has heard the beast’s growl, and has seen its pugmarks against a snowy track. But his dream, of coming eye-to-eye with the elusive nocturnal feline, remains unfulfilled. 'If you’ve seen the cat, you’ve seen the Holy Grail,' says Hussain.
460 Million Dollars Sought for Pakistan Flood Relief
- Inter Press Service
With an estimated 14 to 16 million people affected by what the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) calls 'the worst monsoon-related floods in living memory', the U.N. launched a humanitarian flash appeal Wednesday seeking 459.7 million dollars for relief efforts in Pakistan.
Russia's Agony a 'Wake-Up Call' to the World
- Inter Press Service
A wind turbine on an acre of northern Iowa farmland could generate 300,000 dollars worth of greenhouse-gas-free electricity a year. Instead, the U.S. government pays out billions of dollars to subsidise grain for ethanol fuel that has little if any impact on global warming, according to Lester Brown.
BRAZIL: Environmental Impact Studies on Dams Count for Little in Amazon
- Inter Press Service
'It's a fait accompli,' acknowledges André Villas-Boas, head of the independent SocioEnvironmental Institute (ISA), resigned to the fact that the legal actions and protests have failed to block the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in Brazil's Amazon jungle region.
INDIA: End to Fuel Subsidies Brings Damaging Diversions
- Inter Press Service
While India's opposition parties are agitating against moves by the pro-reform government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to remove subsidies on petrol and other fuels, experts say the country has laboured too long under price distortions that have not benefited poorer people -- or the environment.
Shark Slaughter Advances Into Red Sea
- Inter Press Service
Six Yemeni fishing boats captured in Egyptian territorial waters in June might have gone unnoticed if not for their unusual cargo -- several kilometers of long lines and over 20 tons of dead sharks.
AUSTRALIA: Enough of Uranium Mining, Say Aboriginal Communities
- Inter Press Service
As a mining giant prepares to open a major uranium mining site in Western Australia next year, the clamour for the state to once more ban mining of the radioactive mineral has become louder.
PERU:: Transparency a Challenge for Mining and Oil
- Inter Press Service
Peru is the only Latin American country that has made steps towards joining the international Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), but has a difficult stretch ahead as it tries to overcome industry resistance to reporting profits and the government's own obstacles.
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