News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 640
LATIN AMERICA: Spain's Renewable Energy Heads West
- Inter Press Service
Plagued by Spain's economic recession and subsidy cuts, renewable energy businesses are following the sun and wind to Latin America in search of profits.
Bricks in Brazil - Eco-Friendly, Low-Cost and Cool
- Inter Press Service
Clay or earthen bricks could help to alleviate the housing shortage in Brazil because of the lower cost of brick buildings, while an innovative process for producing what are known as 'ecological bricks' can avoid the environmental harm arising from more usual building materials.
GUATEMALA: Reviving Lake Atitlán
- Inter Press Service
'There are hardly any tourists now, and nearly all the hotels are empty,' says Rosa Rosales, who works at the Hotel Pa Muelle, on the shores of Guatemala's Lake Atitlán, a natural treasure that has been overcome by pollution.
MEXICO: Risk of Exotic Pets Morphing into Invasive Pests
- Inter Press Service
Turtles, frogs, toads and many kinds of birds are imported into Mexico as pets by the thousands every year, but they constitute an environmental and economic threat when they are invasive exotic species.
BP Oil Poisons the Gulf of Mexico's Food Chain
- Inter Press Service
Shellfish in the Gulf of Mexico grow with drops of petroleum inside them, coyotes eat oil-soaked birds, and sharks suffocate when the oil coats their gills.
Canada Slowing Biodiversity Protocol’s Progress
- Inter Press Service
The spirit of international negotiations in Montreal on a draft protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) of natural resources were marred by Canada’s insistence on a decentralised approach to ABS, Peigi Wilson, a Métis lawyer present at the meeting in support of the Quebec Native Women, told IPS.
ARGENTINA: A Livelihood from Whales - Without Hunting
- Inter Press Service
If you want to observe the charismatic southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), the most popular place to do so is off Argentina's Valdés Peninsula, an enclave on the Atlantic coast that relies on tourist dollars -- and therefore opposes whale hunting.
Canada Coming With Worse Than Oil
- Inter Press Service
Fears of a trade dispute with Canada have made European Union officials reluctant to categorise tar sands from North America as a more polluting fuel than conventional petrol.
Nigeria Suffers Acute Lead-Poisoning Outbreak
- Inter Press Service
The Nigerian government is trying to cope with an outbreak of lead poisoning which has killed over 200 people in Zamfara State since early July.
ROMANIA: Digging Gold With a Cyanide Lining
- Inter Press Service
Canadian company Gabriel Resources has managed to resurrect a cyanide-based gold exploitation project which had been declared illegal in courts, and is opposed by most Romanians.
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