News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 668
DEVELOPMENT: The Caribbean Trembles
- Inter Press Service
Better known for its hurricanes, the region that extends from the Cayman Islands in the west to the chain of Windward and Leeward Islands in the east is home to one of the earth's principal seismic belts.
BIODIVERSITY: Trade Trumps Concern for Threatened Marine Species
- Inter Press Service
As details emerge about the backroom politics and contentious votes that led to the failure to protect any of the several marine species up for international protection at a key conference the past two weeks, conservation advocates are looking ahead to influence regional, local and even individual choices in the next round of battles to save the threatened species.
LABOUR-URUGUAY: Improving Conditions for Waste Pickers
- Inter Press Service
'The time will come when 80 percent of the raw material used by industry in Uruguay will be recycled waste products,' Marcelo Conde, a 40-year-old garbage sorter who has been digging through trash for recyclables 'for as long as I can remember,' says with some pride.
POLITICS-INDIA: Bhopal Legacy Haunts Nuclear Liability Bill
- Inter Press Service
The U.S.-based multinational Union Carbide got away lightly after causing the world’s worst industrial tragedy at Bhopal, but that legacy has come to haunt U.S. corporations seeking to tap India’s newly opened market for nuclear power equipment.
ARTS-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Women Dancers Can Fill Granaries
- Inter Press Service
'Some said, how can women dancers tell us about climate change? Some said, how can dancers talk about planting trees? Others asked, how can women dancers build schools? But now the government says a drum has managed to fill our granaries, a dancer has managed to build schools.'
FINANCE: IMF Proposes 100-Billion-Dollar Climate Fund
- Inter Press Service
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published the first details of a proposed financing framework, dubbed the 'Green Fund', intended to mobilise 100 billion dollars a year by 2020 to help developing countries cope with the consequences of climate change and mitigate further emissions.
HAITI: Watching the Sky with Dread
- Inter Press Service
With the spring rains and hurricane season just around the corner in Haiti, some 600,000 people are still living in camps, many in areas prone to flooding. And plans to provide solutions for the survivors of the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake are moving forward slowly.
URUGUAY: Agro-Export Boom May Have Lethal Consequences
- Inter Press Service
Behind the explosive growth of the agriculture and plantation forestry industries in Uruguay lies clear proof of the indiscriminate use of chemical products that pose serious threats to the environment and human health.
LAOS: Doubts Hound World Bank-backed Dam as Its Turbines Start Up
- Inter Press Service
It has been just over a week since the turbines came to life at Laos’ largest hydropower project, but questions are already dogging this World Bank showpiece that marks the financial institution's return to the business of big dams.
Q&A: Debunking the Deniers
- Inter Press Service
Even though 2009 was the fifth warmest year since 1850, and 2000-09 the warmest decade ever, according to the World Meterological Organisation, surveys show that public concern about global warming in the United States and Canada has dropped sharply in the past 18 months.
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