Full Coverage: Environment

31.05.2006 The worldÂ’s rural women can play a crucial role in efforts to restore drylands, according to a new study released by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) at a major UN conference on women and desertification being held in Beijing this week.

29.05.2006 Delegates at a United Nations sponsored-conference on climate change have agreed on how to pursue negotiations on further cuts in greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, officials who participated in the first round of talks concluded in Bonn, Germany, today, said in a statement.

24.05.2006 The MJAFT Movement started the “Live Green” campaign. One of its activities is a caravan that will travel in 10 Albanian cities from 15 to 25 May, organizing discussion forums, between the public and the local and central authorities, and will also take some cleaning initiatives, to give the good example and to raise awareness.

24.05.2006 A project that is bringing clean, efficient energy to rural communities in Nepal received a major boost this month in the form of a deal that rewards it for reducing the country's greenhouse gas emissions.

24.05.2006 India has 4% of the world’s total water and 15% of the world’s population. Drinking water ‘coverage’ in India was 18 percent in 1974, has now become 95 percent. About 80%-90% of domestic water in rural India is from ground water sources. With the installation of three million India Mark-II hand pumps for domestic water and 20 million power driven pumps for irrigation, the water table has fallen from an average of 10 metres to 80 metres (UNICEF-1998). This exacerbated the availability of water in aquifers and resulted in higher concentration of chemicals, including fluoride, arsenic, and iron.

22.05.2006 The Indian government's Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources and the UNDP/GEF hold a demonstration on biomethanation technologies which can be easily replicated and can help in cutting down on green house gases. The Indian government is considering mainstreaming these technologies for its waste-to-energy programmes.

19.05.2006 The working group on Chapter 27: Environment, which is part of the Croatian negotiation team for accession to the EU is close to completing the bilateral indepth screening. The process, taking place in Brussels, started on May 15, 2006. The topic of this session related to approximation and transfer of EU environmental directives into Croatian national legislation. Ljiljanka Mitos Svoboda, President of Osijecki Zeleni reports from Brussels.

18.05.2006 The Centre for Environment (CZZS), under its "Strengthening the Role of Environmental NGOs in Bosnia and Herzegovina" Project, will organize a workshop titled Preparation of Plan for National Campaign on Sustainable Waste Management in Sarajevo, May 27-28.

16.05.2006 Environmental organisations in the Western Ghats region have expressed opposition to the proposed thermal power project at Tadari near Gokarna in Uttara Kannada. They have termed the project not only "destructive", but also "dangerous".

15.05.2006 The International Ranger Federation (IRF) and IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) have given a call for the YOUNG CONSERVATIONIST AWARD. The award aims to recognize and raise awareness of the outstanding contributions made to the management of protected areas, and leadership shown, by young conservationists. The deadline is June 02, 2006.

12.05.2006 The 4th Congress of the European Greens Party, held last weekend in Helsinki, adopted two resolutions giving full support to the efforts of Eko Kvarner association regarding the construction of LNG terminal in Omisalj, as well as the activities of Zelena IstraÂ’s activities to prevent the construction of golf courses in Istria.

12.05.2006 What business does a chemical company have between your bedroom sheets? Should chemical companies be meddling with the protection of your health? The chemical industry is fighting hard to protect their privilege to make hazardous chemicals with the potential to seriously affect both your sex life and personal health.

11.05.2006 Small rural communities in Nepal will reap the benefits of the carbon market as the World Bank promotes the use of biogas as a commercially viable industry. This is the first greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reductions project in Nepal under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol.

10.05.2006 Major waste companies are claiming that incineration produces ‘green’ and ‘renewable’ energy, but new research shows that a standard British waste to energy incinerator produces more carbon dioxide from fossil fuels than a gas-fired power station. Find out more about Waste: incineration and landfill.

09.05.2006 The Working Group charged with the preparation of negotiations with the EU on the Environmental Chapter, upon a proposal by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, will include three representatives of Croatian environmental associations: Jagoda Munic from Zelena Akcija (Zagreb), Ljiljanka Mitos Svoboda from Osjecki Zeleni (Osijek) and Ljiljana Prebanda from the Sunce (Split).

05.05.2006 Osjecki Zeleni environmental association sent an open letter to the Administration of the Osijek-Baranja District and the City of Osijek, and accused them of refusal to implement the Law on Access to Information and that apply the principle of “adminstrative silence” to violate the basic right of the citizens to participate in decision-making on issues related to environmental policies and activities for improved quality of living on local, regional and national level.

04.05.2006 Researchers at Smithsonian's National Zoo have developed a new training course tailored to the needs of senior staff working in leading positions in local, state, and national government or in environmental organizations.

02.05.2006 Located at the Congo-Uganda border 500 kilometres south west of Kampala, the Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) Bwindi Impenetrable National Park telecentre - a combination of conservation and technology, is making a whole lot of a difference to the endangered mountain gorillas, eco-tourists, tourist stakeholders and locals who live in and around the park.