News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 639
Ocean Losing Its Green
- Inter Press Service
The oceans are the lifeblood of our planet and plankton its red blood cells. Those vital 'red blood cells' have declined more than 40 percent since 1950 and the rate of decline is increasing due to climate change, scientists reported this week.
CUBA: Village with English Past, Ecological Present
- Inter Press Service
Only hurricanes disrupt the tranquility of Cocodrilo, a Cuban coastal village founded by immigrants from the Cayman Islands in the early 20th century.
AUSTRALIA: Marine Biodiversity Threatened by Oil, Gas Exploration
- Inter Press Service
In early July, whales from the world’s largest population of humpbacks began arriving in the warm, subtropical waters off Australia’s north-west coast to breed and nurse their young.
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Thailand Faces Flak for Backing Mekong Dams
- Inter Press Service
Northern Thai villagers living on Mekong River’s banks are poised to join a growing tide of opposition against a planned cascade of 11 dams to be built on the mainstream of South-east Asia’s largest body of water.
PERU: Adios, Doe Run
- Inter Press Service
Peruvian President Alan García confirmed Wednesday that the permit of the U.S. mining and metallurgical company Doe Run to operate a major smelter complex was being cancelled because the firm missed the deadline for proving that it had the necessary financing to restart operations and complete an environmental cleanup.
Climate Extremes Fuel Hunger in Guatemala
- Inter Press Service
'Three-quarters of the fields are still under water. Maize, plantains, okra and pasture are all lost,' José Asencio told IPS at the village of Santa Ana Mixtán in southern Guatemala, the area worst affected by tropical storm Agatha.
Slack Monitoring of Peru's Amazon Rainforest
- Inter Press Service
Fifty-three percent of Peru is covered with native rainforest, but the agencies in charge of protecting and monitoring this vast area are toothless and have neither the staff nor the resources to cope with the job, according to a report from the Defensoría del Pueblo (Ombudsperson's Office).
AFRICA: 'Free Trade in Natural Resources Bad for Development'
- Inter Press Service
While some believe that restrictions on natural resource exports should be done away with, this could cause an increase in such exports that would be detrimental to the environment and bad for development.
VENEZUELA: Chronic Oil Leaks Sully Lake Maracaibo, Livelihoods
- Inter Press Service
Dark oil slicks are spreading from the middle of Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo towards the shores -- the wetlands, mangroves, beaches and docks. Oil is permeating fishing nets, coating the garbage dumped into the water, killing off wildlife and driving away residents and tourists.
Hopes Fade for Languishing U.S. Climate Bill
- Inter Press Service
The Barack Obama administration has found success in passing healthcare reform and legislation touted as an 'overhaul' of the U.S. financial system, but last week it became clear that the Democrats wouldn't advance a climate change bill until after the August recess and, more likely, until next year.
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