Full Coverage: Environment

29.03.2006 Roadblocks on the international bridges connecting Argentina and Uruguay, carried out by the Argentine environmental movement to protest the construction of two large cellulose factories, demonstrates the social limitations of the neoliberal model and is jeopardizing the regional alliance between two governments that possess, fundamentally, the same political and ideological orientations.

29.03.2006 The Indian delegation, like many others at the Convention on Biological Diversity, said that lack of funds constrained conservation of biodiversity. Is lack of funds responsible, or lack of political will? Ashish Kothari - Founder-member of Kalpavriksh, a 20-year-old environmental research and action group, - digs out the reality.

28.03.2006 Research centres and international agencies have joined forces to boost technical and policy skills for saving biodiversity in developing countries under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which is being held at Curitiba in Brazil.

27.03.2006 The cooperation between the environmentalist groups and the media in providing information to the public about environmental protection was the topic discussed in the workshop held on March 24 in Slavonski Brod, held by representatives of Osijek Greens, on invitation by BEUZ (Brod Environmental Association “Zemlja”).

27.03.2006 New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) says that it is time to lay emphasis on the impact that environment has on health as poor environment goes hand in hand with bad health. Experts have called for defining the environment-health research agenda, especially for the new school of public health.

24.03.2006 According to a new UNICEF report, children in Haiti are more likely to die in their first years of life than in any other country in the Western Hemisphere. Citing a lack of basic services, environmental degradation and rampant violence, UNICEF applauds the newly elected president's public commitment to social change and child welfare.

23.03.2006 Washington, D.C. radio host Kojo Nnamdi recently interviewed CEDPA president Yolonda C. Richardson and Population Action International's Bob Englman. Listen to the discussion to find out how population growth impacts the global environment, economy, and public health.

22.03.2006 The Eko Kvarner association believes that the decision of the Government of Croatia to establish a working group for the construction of LNG (liquid natural gas) is wise and sensible. According to Eko Kvarner, the establishment of the Working Group creates the necessary conditions for quality selection of location of the Terminal, provided that all activities of the LNG are fully transparent.

21.03.2006 On the occasion of March 21, the Spring Day, the EcologistsÂ’ Movement of Macedonia (DEM) presented its Annual Awards for 2005 and announced the start of the campaign for collection and recycling of plastic bottles and containers, organized under its activities to protect and conserve the environment.

20.03.2006 Organic farming is taking off in a big way in Andhra Pradesh, where some farmers grew their first organic produce as early as in 1978. Grape farmers who bid goodbye to pesticides are the happiest lot with most of their produce being exported to EU.

20.03.2006 The Wildlife Protection Act, 1976, is under the scanner again. The mainstay of biodiversity protection in India, the act has undergone only one major amendment — in January 2003 — since it was promulgated. Some of the changes then were substantial and at least had the potential of infusing new life to a moribund wildlife protection regime. The time, it seems, has come for the act to undergo major changes for the second time. Some amendments have been tabled in parliament, and a few more are on the anvil.

16.03.2006 The Eko-svest (Eco Awareness) environmental organizations presented its comparative analysis of GMO (genetically modified organisms) related legislation, prepared under the Macedonia – GMO Free Zone project, financially supported by Milieukontakt.

14.03.2006 The unstopable technological development, in addition to the positive, shows us its extremely negative aspects. The ammount of electronic waste is growing at such a rate that many international environmental groups decided to raise the alarm, inviting both manufacturers and consumers, as well as the state institutions, to take urgent measures for control of the electronic waste. The electronics industry grows exponentially. Products such as TV sets, cellular phones, computers and computer accessories, photographic cameras, printers, etc., increase their share of total ammount of communal waste.

10.03.2006 The British Government is criticised for its opposition to the creation of minimum standards for disposal and recycling facilities across Europe.

10.03.2006 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working towards developing a system under which warnings about natural disasters will directly reach homes through television channels.

10.03.2006 As the UK Government prepares to deliver its tenth consecutive budget, WWF publishes a new report mapping the environmental impacts of consumption and production in the UK.

07.03.2006 The Centre for Environment and Development (CED), which is based in the south Indian state of Kerala, is holding the Kerala Environment Congress 2006 from 5-7 April 2006 at Kozhikode. The CED has given a call for papers to be presented at the meet.

06.03.2006 Everyone knows about the plight of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles of Orissa. But the north east Indian state of Assam also has a large numbers of rare turtle and tortoise species that are being cruelly hunted to extinction because of increasing demand for turtle meat escalates.

03.03.2006 Tesco now controls 30% of the grocery market in the UK. In 2005, the supermarket chain announced over £2 billion in profits. Growing evidence indicates that Tesco's success is partly based on trading practices that are having serious consequences for suppliers, farmers, overseas workers, local shops and the environment. Find out more.

02.03.2006 At Pasumai Thaayagam (Green Motherland), it is all about people. Be it planting trees, creating awareness about water conservation, running an anti-tobacco campaign, or debating and working at improving education standards in Tamil Nadu, this NGO (non-governmental organization) believes in taking people along with it.