News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 666
URUGUAY: Fighting Climate Change from the Countryside
- Inter Press Service
'We would get up and go to bed every day looking up at the sky, hoping for something to fall, but nothing happened, not even a drop fell,' says María Inés Queiros, who makes artisanal cheese in the southern Uruguayan province of San José.
ENVIRONMENT: Forests at a Climate Crossroads
- Inter Press Service
Billions of dollars are being mobilised to protect and increase the world's forests under a climate protection mechanism known as REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation). But many experts are unsure that it will work, and some fear it could end in disaster.
ASIA: Mistrust Lingers as China Confronts Thorny Mekong Issues
- Inter Press Service
Lost in the deluge of accusations that China’s dams are the culprit in the Mekong River’s unusually low levels is the fact that Beijing has actually become much less tightlipped about thorny issues with its neighbours than in the past.
ENVIRONMENT-INDONESIA: Solving Waste Woes Far from Easy
- Inter Press Service
By running his illegal dumpsite, Nasrulloh believes he is doing the community good, helping the city government, doing his bit for the environment — while making money for himself as well.
GUATEMALA-EL SALVADOR: Cross Border Opposition to Mine
- Inter Press Service
The Cerro Blanco gold and silver mine in the southeastern Guatemalan province of Jutiapa, on the border with El Salvador, is under fire from environmentalists in both countries concerned about the threat it poses to the shared Lake Güija and rivers on either side of the border.
ENVIRONMENT-ZIMBABWE: Future Generations Will 'Inherit Only the Wind'
- Inter Press Service
The plumes of smoke rising above the dense working class suburbs of Bulawayo are a sign of the environmental impact of Zimbabwe's electricity crisis.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Native Peoples Reject Market Mechanisms
- Inter Press Service
Solutions to global warming based on the logic of the market are a threat to the rights and way of life of indigenous peoples, the Latin American Indigenous Forum on Climate Change concluded this week in Costa Rica.
UGANDA: NGOs Judging Oil Palm on Hearsay, Says U.N.
- Inter Press Service
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are guilty of judging a palm oil project in Uganda on innuendo rather than its merits, the United Nations poverty agency supporting the controversial scheme said, as the project starts to bear fruit for smallholder farmers.
PERU: The Tangled Paths of New Forest Law
- Inter Press Service
Indigenous protests prompted the introduction of a new legislative bill on forests and wildlife in Peru, the second most forested country in South America. Experts consulted by Tierramérica pointed to what the initiative gets right, but also to what's wrong with it.
NIGER: Livestock Herders Plan Ahead
- Inter Press Service
The cows Djibo Hama looks after belong to someone else, but he is diligent. Anticipating a severe shortage of good grazing in 2010, he secured cattle feed for the 35 that remain.
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