News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 641
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.
LATIN AMERICA: Environment's Poverty-Fighting Potential Largely Ignored
- Inter Press Service
The environment remains a second-tier matter in Latin America and the Caribbean despite being interwoven with persistent poverty and stalled economic development in the region, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme.
CENTRAL AMERICA: Doors Wide Open for Renewable Energy
- Inter Press Service
Heavy reliance on petroleum imports, the need for electricity in rural areas, and the ongoing effort towards sustainable development have focussed Central America's attention on renewable energy. But that doesn't mean there isn't opposition.
Major Strides Seen in Halting Illegal Logging
- Inter Press Service
A comprehensive report, released Thursday by Chatham House, finds that production of illegal timber worldwide has declined by 22 percent since 2002, a trend that is benefiting both communities dependent on tropical forests and the global climate.
ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Fighting Drought With Check Dams
- Inter Press Service
Gazing out at the lush greenery that surrounds the village of Salaita in northern India, a smile of satisfaction appears on retired army general A.P.S. Chauhan's face.
World Bank, NGOs Spar over Indonesian Mine Project
- Inter Press Service
The World Bank's Board of Directors said studies for a potential mining project in Indonesia could move forward Tuesday but civil society groups, citing studies that have already been done, condemned the decision.
Pacific Islands Criticise Stalled Climate Financing
- Inter Press Service
Despite the creation of a High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing (AGF), a group of hard-hit Pacific islands is expressing doubt that aid will be delivered in a timely manner.
DEVELOPMENT-ZIMBABWE: 'Competing With the Dogs for Bones'
- Inter Press Service
'People used to mock me, saying that I am competing with dogs for bones, but these taunts do not deter me,' says Sibongile Mararike with no sign of rancour.
BRAZIL: Electricity Trumps Biodiversity for Xingú River
- Inter Press Service
Herculano Porto de Oliveira, of Brazil, said he felt forced 'to live in hiding on my own land, though I never fought with anyone or stole anything,' just for making a living from the biodiversity of the Amazon's Xingú River Basin, where he was born 66 years ago.
EGYPT: Oil, Water and Tourism Don't Mix
- Inter Press Service
Egypt's Red Sea resort cities have grown up in the shadow of oil development, but with tourism booming and the country's oil reserves drying up, many stakeholders think it is time to exorcise the oil spectre.
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