News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 658
The Bittersweet Dreams of Uruguay's Beekeepers
- Inter Press Service
Beekeepers in the small South American country of Uruguay are facing climate change and a complex web of problems that threaten their livelihoods.
ENVIRONMENT: Oil Spill Gives Urgency to UN Oceans Meet
- Inter Press Service
The disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has given increased urgency to the fifth Global Oceans Conference taking place here at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
U.S.: Offshore Drilling Badly Tarnished by Gulf Oil Leak
- Inter Press Service
As oil seeps into the environmentally and economically critical Gulf of Mexico following an explosion on a rig there two weeks ago, some groups are saying this catastrophe should mark the end of offshore drilling for oil - and be a 'clarion call' for moving away from fossil fuels.
CHINA: E-waste Processing Poisons Health, Environment
- Inter Press Service
Like many who have profited from the electronic waste trade in this southern Chinese town, hospital administrator Lin Banghong does not live there. 'I've worked here 10 years and haven't gotten sick,' he said.
PERU: Murky Waters Cut Through Andes
- Inter Press Service
The Olmos megaproject, which will divert water from the Huancabamba River through a trans-Andean tunnel to a desert area along Peru's northern coast, is being touted as a catalyst for development, but disputes are heating up over land, crops and water.
COSTA RICA: Holiday Homes, Hotels Endangering Ecotourism
- Inter Press Service
The boom in construction projects on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica is threatening biodiversity and compromising the future of the country's widely promoted ecological tourism, says a study by Costa Rican and U.S. scientists.
BURMA: Donors View Civil Society in New Light after Nargis
- Inter Press Service
Local civil society organisations and community groups who rushed to help victims after the powerful Cyclone Nargis tore through military-ruled Burma two years ago are reaping rewards for their risky and tireless labour.
BURMA: Two Years after Nargis, Life Is Far from Normal
- Inter Press Service
Kyaw Moe is just in his 30s, but he is already on his second shot at life — just like the rest of the residents of Thakan Ngu, a tiny Burmese village in this township of Bogalay.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Some For You, Some For Me: Sharing the Inkomati River
- Inter Press Service
At Ekuvinjelweni village, in South Africa's Mpumalanga Province, the Komati River flows clear and fast through the mountains. Along its banks here are commercial farms with intensive irrigation works, mixed with subsistence farmers who rely on rain for their fields and livestock - a tricky proposition in an area that has endured severe droughts in the past.
2010 — International Year of Biodiversity Loss?
- Inter Press Service
In 2002, world leaders committed to reduce the rate of global biodiversity loss by 2010, but the date has come and gone for these commitments to be fulfilled.
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