News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 673
CLIMATE CHANGE: Arctic Shelf Leaking Potent Greenhouse Gas
- Inter Press Service
The frozen cap trapping billions of tonnes of methane under the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean is leaking and venting the powerful greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, new research shows.
LATIN AMERICA: Canada Moves to Oversee Mining Firms
- Inter Press Service
Amidst allegations that Canadian mining companies operating in Latin America have been complicit in the murders and harassment of activists, several positive developments in Canada are seen as a source of hope that firms may begin to be held accountable on human rights and environmental questions.
CLIMATE: The Thirsty Caribbean
- Inter Press Service
Caribbean countries are considering options like desalination plants and cloud seeding to confront a drought that threatens the regional economy and which experts warned about years ago.
CHILE: Cost of Rebuilding Still Unclear
- Inter Press Service
Chile has begun to think about the costs and challenges of rebuilding a large part of the areas hit by the Feb. 27 earthquake and tsunami, while rescue and aid operations continue.
ENVIRONMENT-LEBANON: Coastal Pollution Threatens Fisherfolk
- Inter Press Service
Pollution, oil spills and difficult living conditions are some of the challenges that fishermen in this eastern Mediterranean country face daily.
ENVIRONMENT: Wanted - An Effective Multilateral System
- Inter Press Service
The echoes of failure still sounding from the Copenhagen summit on climate change in December are spurring efforts to reform the international legal framework. Civil society groups are demanding a new, more agile system that is both influential and effective.
CHILE: A Tidal Wave of Solidarity
- Inter Press Service
Chile has been wrapped in a blanket of international solidarity, while offers of cooperation for the relief of victims and the reconstruction of the country shower down upon it, after the devastating Feb. 27 earthquake and tsunami.
CHILE: Assessing Quake Damages, Acknowledging Mistakes
- Inter Press Service
While the number of victims of the severe earthquake and tsunami that hit Chile early Saturday has climbed to 723, government officials and experts admit that the catastrophe has highlighted institutional shortcomings and blunders.
PHILIPPINES: Pro-green Measures Expose Bias Against Urban Poor
- Inter Press Service
Edgar Borras sifts through his remaining possessions in a demolished shanty beside a Manila waterway, preparing to bring them to his wife and 12-year-old son who now live in a remote relocation site in a province outside the Philippine capital.
MEXICO: Ecological Smoke from Fuel Efficient Stoves
- Inter Press Service
The lives of many rural women and children in Mexico are changing, and the country's high deforestation rate could be reduced, as inexpensive fuel-efficient cook stoves are being distributed by non-governmental organisations with corporate and government support.
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