News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 97
Ecuadorians Vote to Preserve Yasuní National Park, but Implementation Is the Problem
- Inter Press Service
QUITO, Oct 09 (IPS) - The decision reached by Ecuadorians to put an end to oil production in Yasuní National Park, in a popular referendum in August, was a triumph for civil society and a global milestone in environmental democracy. But when it comes to implementation, the result is less promising.
In Brazil, Indigenous Leaders and Youth Activists Fight To Protect Amazon
- Inter Press Service
BRASÃLIA, Oct 05 (IPS) - Raffaello Nava, a youth and student activist, has fled his home at the peak of the global Coronavirus pandemic after receiving death threats from multinational companies that invaded his ancestral lands in the Amazon rainforest.
Growing Appetite for Nutrient-Rich Native Indigenous Australian Foods
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Oct 03 (IPS) - Growing up in Sydney, Kalkani Choolburra, a Girramay, Kuku Yalanji, Kalkadoon and Pitta Pitta woman from Far North Queensland, would frequently travel with her family up and down Australia’s eastern seaboard. Her grandfathers and uncles would bring fresh catch of dugong, her favourite bush food, and she would go hunting for the short-necked turtle with her aunties and female cousins.
Small Islands with Big Aspirations
- Inter Press Service
VICTORIA, Seychelles, Oct 02 (IPS) - Everyone knows that small island states are on the frontline of global warming. Rising sea levels, acidification destroying fisheries and coral reefs, and changing patterns of rainfall are just some of the challenges. Some low-lying islands have already been lost to the ocean.
Informal Workers Key to Successful Waste Management in Africa
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Oct 02 (IPS) - With the African continent recycling less than 11 percent of its waste, COP28 provided leaders on the African continent to consider integrated waste systems that include informal waste workers.
The Human Cost of a Green Energy Transition Without Safeguards
- Inter Press Service
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Oct 02 (IPS) - The world is moving away from fossil fuels towards so-called “green” energies as a solution to the climate crisis, which has increased the demand for strategic minerals such as cobalt, copper and lithium.
Wrecked by Climate Change, Farmers in Kashmir Shift to Lavender Cultivation
- Inter Press Service
BIJBEHARA, INDIA, Sep 29 (IPS) - Creating resilience is crucial to climate change justice. In Bijbehara, a hamlet south of Kashmir's capital, Srinagar, lavender farming has meant farmers grappling with unseasonal rains, prolonged heat waves, and severe water scarcity have found a new means of survival.
Wanted: A New Local Oversight Structure to Achieve SDGS, Climate Action & Biodiversity Preservation
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Sep 29 (IPS) - The links between Agenda 2030 and SDGs, including climate action and biodiversity preservation are clear and straightforward. Yet, leveraging them, and bringing them to together in a unified framework, remains extremely challenging.
Nature Doesnt Know Borders: Collaboration for Conservation in Cyprus
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 27 (IPS) - Along the 180-kilometer-long buffer zone separating the north and south of Cyprus, there is a surprising sign of unity: recycled ammunition boxes no longer hold bullets. They are home to baby birds.
Zimbabwes Food Security Ambitions in El Ni Crosshairs
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE, Sep 27 (IPS) - Zimbabwe is riding a wave of food security assurances after what officials said was last year’s bumper grain harvest, but recent El Niño forecasts could test the country’s agriculture production ambitions.
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