News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 660
Q&A: 'It's a Complete Reboot of How We See Things'
- Inter Press Service
The blockbuster, critically acclaimed film 'Avatar' portrays the ruthless plundering of a pristine ecosystem on a distant planet by greedy corporate interests — a scenario that is all too familiar to many indigenous communities here on Earth.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Forests Not for Absorbing Carbon, Say Activists
- Inter Press Service
The UN-led global initiative to use forest conservation as a way to offset greenhouse gas emissions heated things up at the people's summit against climate change in Bolivia. In the end, the participants reached a consensus - and rejected the plan.
ENERGY: Germans Want Nuclear Plants Phased Out
- Inter Press Service
After tens of thousands of people turned out to protest against any extension of life to existing nuclear power plants, it seems clear that Germans continue to be emphatically opposed to nuclear energy.
North Africa Finally Sees the Light
- Inter Press Service
Europe's appetite for renewable energy and a shifting tide in domestic energy policies could turn North Africa into major exporter of solar power by the end of the decade.
ENERGY: Eskom Loan 'Will Help' South Africa's Poor Neighbours
- Inter Press Service
The 3.75 billion dollar World Bank loan for a new a coal-fired power station in South Africa is essential for economic growth in neighbouring low income countries, according to Dr Mohamed Abdelrahman, energy advisor for the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), a programme of the African Union.
CLIMATE CHANGE: No Deal in Sight, Say Leading Economies of the South
- Inter Press Service
Environment ministers from Brazil, South Africa, India and China are sceptical that a legally-binding agreement on climate change will be reached in Cancun, Mexico in December.
Civil Society Calls on World Bank to Reform its Energy Lending
- Inter Press Service
Against the backdrop of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund's spring meetings this weekend, numerous groups have chimed in on the need for and direction of a new World Bank energy strategy.
GM Crops Go to US High Court, Environmental Laws on the Line
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in its first-ever case involving genetically modified crops. The decision in this case may have a significant impact on both the future of genetically modified foods and government oversight of that and other environmental issues.
RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Plan For Nuclear Waste Dump Faces Backlash
- Inter Press Service
Aboriginal landowners in Australia’s far north are battling government plans to construct this country’s long-term nuclear waste storage facility on their land.
KENYA: Farming Butterflies Puts Food on the Table
- Inter Press Service
For 10 years, Roselyne Shikami, sold boiled eggs at the bus station just outside the densely wooded Kakamega Forest in western Kenya, near the border with Uganda. Now she is selling butterflies.
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