News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 681
ENVIRONMENT-NEPAL: Slowly, Vulture Numbers Picking Up
- Inter Press Service
Dhan Bahadur Chaudhary, an ornithologist, grew up with vultures in his native Nawalparasi in western Nepal. He and his neighbours were used to seeing vultures flying overhead, feeding on the carcasses, and sunbathing near the rivers.
KENYA: Plastic Bags: Convenience Costing the Earth
- Inter Press Service
When Nairobi was founded in 1899, it took its name from what the Maasai called the place: Ewassi Nyirobi, 'cool waters.' A century later, the river has something stuck in its throat: millions of plastic bags and other waste, threaten to choke it.
PERU: Rural Wisdom Against Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
'The toads have disappeared from the countryside because of climate change, and now there is nothing to control the insects. Now we have to use chemicals to fight pests, and that is killing the soil,' says worried Peruvian farmer Julián Pilco.
HAITI: Desperate Residents Flee Capital, But with Hopes of Return
- Inter Press Service
Marjorie Louis and her two small children are sleeping in the street. Their home is in complete ruins. And Louis has no way to let her mother in Les Cayes know that she survived the deadliest natural disaster to hit this country.
HAITI: With Aid Slow to Arrive, Food Prices Skyrocket
- Inter Press Service
Last week, the price of a small can of rice cost two dollars. On Tuesday, it cost Haitians 3.50 dollars. A gallon of cooking oil that cost 10 dollars only days ago now fetches 20 dollars.
INDIA: Stalled Korean Mining Operations Face Fresh Protests
- Inter Press Service
The Indian government’s grant of the final environmental clearance to a Korean giant firm, allowing it to acquire 3,000 acres of ‘forest lands’ in the eastern state of Orissa, has prompted a fresh spate of protests from more than 4,000 families that will be affected by a proposed mining project.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Polluters Dragging EU Back
- Inter Press Service
Barely a month after world leaders gathering in Copenhagen reached a weak accord on climate change, the European Union's top polluters are fighting a fresh battle to dissuade policy-makers from taking more robust action.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Small Islands Await Haitian-Type Disaster
- Inter Press Service
The devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti last week has brought into sharp focus the threat of another natural disaster waiting to happen: a sea-level rise that could obliterate the world's small island states, triggering fears of mass migration.
HAITI: U.S. Opens Airport to More Humanitarian Flights
- Inter Press Service
Amid criticism that the U.S. Defence Department was prioritising military and rescue air traffic to earthquake-stricken Haiti, U.S. officials controlling the country's main airport have agreed to guarantee landing slots for planes carrying humanitarian aid, U.N. officials say.
CANADA: Hunt for Oil Patch Bomber Takes New Twist
- Inter Press Service
Looking increasingly desperate after a 15-month-long hunt for a saboteur who has blown up six natural gas installations in northern Canada, police arrested an outspoken oil industry critic and then set him free a day later without pressing charges.
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