Global Issues
News headlines for “Nature and Animal Conservation”, page 275
No Trace of the Nicaraguan Interoceanic Canal
- Inter Press Service
PUNTA GORDA/BRITO, Nicaragua, Apr 25 (IPS) - Less than three years from the projected completion in Nicaragua of a canal running from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean, there is no trace of progress on the mega-project.
Trump’s First 100 Days: a Serious Cause for Concern
- Inter Press Service
PENANG, Apr 24 (IPS) - This week, Donald Trump will mark his first hundred days as US President. It's time to assess his impact on the world, especially the developing countries.
Bamboo Gaining Traction in Caribbean as Climate Savior
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Apr 24 (IPS) - Keen to tap its natural resources as a way to boost its struggling economy, Guyana struck a multi-million-dollar deal with Norway in 2009.
Nicaragua’s South Caribbean Coast Improves Readiness for Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua, Apr 22 (IPS) - The effects of climate change have hit Nicaragua's Caribbean coastal regions hard in the last decade and have forced the authorities and local residents to take protection and adaptation measures to address the phenomenon that has gradually undermined their safety and changed their way of life.
Caricom's Energy-Efficient Building Code Could Be Tough Sell
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr 21 (IPS) - Caribbean Community (Caricom) states are in the process of formulating an energy efficiency building code for the region that would help reduce CO2 emissions, but implementation of the code may depend heavily on moral suasion for its success.
“Imagine a World Where the Worst-Case Scenarios Have Been Realized”
- Inter Press Service
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Apr 20 (IPS) - The tiny island-nation of Antigua and Barbuda has made an impassioned plea for support from the international community to deal with the devastating impacts of climate change.
Yemen, World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 19 (IPS) - With 18.8 million people –nearly 3 in 4 inhabitants-- in need of humanitarian aid, including 10.3 million requiring immediate assistance, Yemen is now the largest single-nation humanitarian crisis in the world, the United Nations informs while warning that the two-year war is rapidly pushing the country towards "social, economic and institutional collapse."
“The Ocean Is Not a Dumping Ground”
- Inter Press Service
PORT-LOUIS, Mauritius, Apr 19 (IPS) - An internationally renowned scientist, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim became Mauritius's sixth president on June 5, 2015 – and one of the few Muslim women heads of state in the world.
Typical Cuban Sweet – a Symbol of the Post-Hurricane Challenge to Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
BARACOA, Cuba, Apr 18 (IPS) - Early in the day, when a gentle dew moistens the ground and vegetation in the mountains of eastern Cuba, street vendor Raulises Ramírez sets up his rustic stand next to the La Farola highway and displays his cone-shaped coconut sweets.
Climate Impact on Caribbean Coral Reefs May Be Mitigated If...
- Inter Press Service
CAHUITA, Costa Rica, Apr 14 (IPS) - A few dozen metres from the Caribbean beach of Puerto Vargas, where you can barely see the white foam of the waves breaking offshore, is the coral reef that is the central figure of the ocean front of the Cahuita National Park in Costa Rica.
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