News headlines for “Nature and Animal Conservation”, page 283

  1. How a Spring Revival Scheme in India’s Sikkim Is Defeating Droughts

    - Inter Press Service

    GANGTOK, India, Feb 01 (IPS) - Bina Sharma, a member of the Melli Dhara Gram Panchayat Unit in the southern part of India's northeastern Himalayan state of Sikkim, is a relieved woman.

  2. Kenyans Turn to Wild Fruits and Insects as Drought Looms

    - Inter Press Service

    NAIROBI, Jan 31 (IPS) - Too hungry to play, hundreds of starving children in Tiaty Constituency of Baringo County instead sit by the fire, watching the pot boil, in the hope that it is only a matter of minutes before their next meal.

  3. Riverbank Populations Displaced by Dams in Brazil Miss Old Way of Life

    - Inter Press Service

    SENTO SE, Brazil, Jan 29 (IPS) - "Now we have internet and TV. Before, we didn't even have electricity, but it was better," said Lourival de Barros, one of the people displaced by the hydropower plants which have mushroomed aorund Brazil, mainly since the 1970s.

  4. “Serious Retreats” In Indigenous Rights Protection, Says UN Rapporteur

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Jan 26 (IPS) - As the 10-year anniversary for the Declaration on Indigenous Rights approaches, UN indigenous rights activists came together to assess the many challenges that still remain on the ground.

  5. Can Africa Slay Its Financial Hydra?

    - Inter Press Service

    BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jan 26 (IPS) - Thanks to growing investor interest, increasing respect for democratic reforms, and its vast food production potential, the Africa Rising narrative is only getting better.

  6. Drought Could Cost Sri Lanka Billions

    - Inter Press Service

    COLOMBO, Jan 25 (IPS) - The warnings are stark, the instructions, for a change, clear.

  7. Philippines Joins Space Race

    - Inter Press Service

    MANILA, Jan 24 (IPS) - The Philippines, a tiny developing country, has joined the colossal world of space technology, building its second microsatellite that it plans to launch late this year or in early 2018 -- not to study other planets, but to monitor weather patterns and climate change to protect the country's natural resources and improve disaster risk management.

  8. Pacific Islanders Call for U.S. Solidarity on Climate Change

    - Inter Press Service

    CANBERRA, Australia, Jan 19 (IPS) - The new political power of business magnate Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated Jan. 20 as the 45th President of the United States, will have ramifications for every global region, including the Pacific Islands.

  9. Ordinary Citizens Help Drive Spread of Solar Power in Chile

    - Inter Press Service

    SANTIAGO, Jan 14 (IPS) - Chile, Latin America's leader in solar energy, is starting the new year with an innovative step: the development of the country´s first citizens solar power plant.

  10. Oceans, Tuberculosis and Killer Robots - the UN’s Diverse Agenda in 2017

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Jan 10 (IPS) - UN member states hope to reach agreement on a diverse range of global issues in 2017, from managing the world's oceans to banning killer robots to stopping tuberculosis, one of the world's deadliest diseases.

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