News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 643
No Free Press for BP Oil Disaster
- Inter Press Service
Last week, the U.S. Coast Guard, working in concert with oil giant BP, instituted new restrictions across the U.S. Gulf Coast that prevent the media from coming within 20 metres of booms or response vessels on beaches or water. But the insidiousness of the restrictions runs even deeper.
MOZAMBIQUE: omen at Forefront of Resisting Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
The Mozambican government has adopted various policies to address the effects of climate change, with special attention to women as studies show that they are more adversely affected by this phenomenon.
GALÁPAGOS: The Return of the Giant Tortoise
- Inter Press Service
The historic reintroduction of giant tortoises is under way on Pinta Island, where not a single one of the famous animals that gave their name to the Ecuadorian archipelago of Galápagos remained.
COLOMBIA: Palm Planters and Displaced People Wait for New Government
- Inter Press Service
Twenty-three African palm plantation owners, who invested 34 million dollars in Colombia up to 2003 and have spent another 15 million dollars on a palm oil refinery, are soon to be sentenced by a court.
The Return of the Bicycle
- Inter Press Service
The bicycle has many attractions as a form of personal transportation. It alleviates congestion, lowers air pollution, reduces obesity, increases physical fitness, does not emit climate-disrupting carbon dioxide, and is priced within the reach of the billions of people who cannot afford a car.
DEVELOPMENT-LAOS: Water Flows from Villagers’ Own Toil
- Inter Press Service
With just 13.4 percent of the country’s 6.3 million people having access to piped water at present, Lao authorities would have to work more than double time if the rest of the population are to have clean and safe water within a decade.
AMERICAS: We Need Sustainable Development Banks, Say NGOs
- Inter Press Service
Non-governmental organisations from across the Americas are demanding that the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank institute policies that favour sustainable energy and help mitigate climate change.
GERMANY: Nature vs. Nurture in Forest Recovery
- Inter Press Service
Amidst criticism and applause from environmentalists and experts, a programme is emerging in Germany to expand the total area covered by forests -- to as much as five percent of national territory. The debate centres on just how much human intervention there should be.
MEXICO: Conservation Can Be a Weapon Against Poverty
- Inter Press Service
'I cut down all of that section,' said Esteban Martínez as he pointed to a rectangle of land cleared of trees in the central Mexican state of Querétaro.
PERU: 'Don't Minimise' Impacts of Amazon Oil Spill
- Inter Press Service
Pluspetrol's Jun. 19 petroleum spill has left the Marañón River, in the Peruvian Amazon, with oil and grease levels thousands of times greater than the maximum allowed for human consumption, affecting more than 4,000 local residents.
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