News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 661
SOUTH AFRICA: Children Help to Assess Water Health
- Inter Press Service
Miss, Miss, there are tiny creatures here in the water!' a Grade 7 pupil shouts excitedly, trying to draw attention to his water sample. At first, the liquid looks clear, but upon closer examination, one can make out a tiny aquatic invertebrate.
ARGENTINA: We're Drowning in Sadness' - Native Group's Land Flooded
- Inter Press Service
The legal battle waged by an indigenous community in northern Argentina against the government over a project that flooded half of their territory highlights the fact that legal title to their land is not enough to overcome the marginalisation they have faced for centuries.
NIGERIA: New Law to Promote Locals in Oil Industry
- Inter Press Service
'This bill seeks to address the compelling need for us as a nation to have indigenous participation in the industry.' With these words, Nigeria’s acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, signed the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Bill into law.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Sharing the Okavango
- Inter Press Service
Each January, a giant pulse of water from heavy summer rains over the south of Angola enters the Okavango River system and begins a five-month journey through Namibia to a richly biodiverse swamp in Botswana's Kalahari desert. The river is a rarity, scarcely disturbed by human development along its 1,100 kilometre length: shaping its future is the delicate task of the Okavango River Basin Commission.
World Court Highlights Environmental Vulnerability of Uruguay River
- Inter Press Service
If anything was left clear by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on the long-running pulp mill dispute between Argentina and Uruguay, it was the weakness of rules and regulations to prevent pollution of the Uruguay River in the 508-km stretch shared by the two countries.
Wanted: World Referendum, Climate Justice Tribunal
- Inter Press Service
A world people's referendum on climate change will be held in April 2011 for the earth's peoples to decide how to address this global problem.
MOZAMBIQUE: Co-existing With Floods
- Inter Press Service
April signals the tail end of the flood season in Mozambique. The country's water managers will soon be able to appraise the effects of changing policies.
NIGER: Lack of Data on Causes of Death Buffers French Company
- Inter Press Service
French state-owned company Areva continues to deny any wrongdoing after findings that populated areas in Niger remain contaminated with high levels of radio-activity. The company seems to be escaping censure partly because of lack of data on cancer-related causes of death among Nigeriens working at or living near the uranium mines.
BOLIVIA: Save the Planet from Capitalism, Says Morales
- Inter Press Service
Activists meeting at the people's conference on climate change in this Bolivian city booed a message from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon but cheered at host President Evo Morales's chant of 'planet or death!'
EAST AFRICA: Green Agriculture Growing in Leaps and Bounds
- Inter Press Service
Organic agriculture using natural farming methods rather than fertilisers and pesticides has made significant gains in African countries — not just among farmers but among consumers too.
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