News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 671
CHILE: Cracks Exposed in Readiness Plan
- Inter Press Service
Inadequacies in technical equipment, specialised human resources, institutional coordination, land zoning and citizen awareness were all laid bare by the major earthquake and subsequent tsunami on Feb. 27 in central and southern Chile.
ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: All Eyes on Forest Protection Body
- Inter Press Service
Seemingly unstoppable development has made a mockery of the protected status of this southern Indian region, which houses vast biodiversity and some of the finest examples of moist deciduous and tropical forests.
ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Law on Forest Rights Fails to Deliver
- Inter Press Service
A four-year-old landmark law that was supposed to bring profound changes in the lives of India’s tribal and forest-dwelling peoples has failed to deliver on that promise.
BIODIVERSITY: Lucrative Shark Trade Under Scrutiny
- Inter Press Service
As climate change transforms the acidity and oxygen levels of the world's waters with devastating effects for some marine species, others are facing an even more immediate threat from human consumption.
INDONESIA: Waste Composting Project Blazes Cleaner Path
- Inter Press Service
Battling the pain from a boil on his left thigh, 45-year-old Inggit Tukino pulled his two-wheeled cart through the overcrowded alleys of a slum in Rawabebek, Penjaringan hamlet in here North Jakarta.
EDUCATION-URUGUAY: Gardens of Knowledge
- Inter Press Service
'Nature is wise, and if we take the time to observe it, we can learn so much' is the underlying philosophy of a number of innovative programmes being carried out in Uruguayan schools that are using gardens as a teaching resource, explained Edith Moraes, director of the national Primary Education Board.
TANZANIA: Weather Changes Turn Farming into Gamble with Nature
- Inter Press Service
Changes in weather patterns have turned agriculture into a gamble with nature for Tanzanian farmers. Prolonged droughts and floods have made the lives of small-scale farmers, who don’t have access to irrigation, extremely difficult.
FINANCE: Self-Policing of Extractive Industries a 'Dismal' Failure
- Inter Press Service
An international initiative that seeks to reform how governments profit from their natural resources should not reduce its existing standards of membership solely because candidate countries have been reluctant or incapable of meeting them, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday.
RIGHTS: 'Famine Marriages' Just One Byproduct of Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
The negative fallout from climate change is having a devastatingly lopsided impact on women compared to men, from higher death rates during natural disasters to heavier household and care burdens.
ENVIRONMENT-UGANDA: Landslides and floods - Experts Warn Worst is Yet to Come
- Inter Press Service
Fourteen-year-old Isaac Wadyegere of Bundesi village in Bududa district woke up to a rainy and chilly Monday morning and went to school as usual. But Mar. 1 was not a usual day in Bududa district in eastern Uganda. When he heard the sound of rocks and soil tumbling down Mountain Elgon on a path to destroy part of his school, Wadyegere, along with other pupils, fled home.
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