Full Coverage: Environment

27.07.2006 In February 2006, the aluminum manufacturing company Alcoa proposed to build a large aluminum smelter in the Chatham/Cap-de-Ville area of the southwestern peninsula, prompting criticism from the local residents and environmentalists.

24.07.2006 The Forest Survey of India (FSI) has vastly underestimated forest loss from degradation, according to scientists who used software instead of human eyes to interpret satellite images of forest cover.

21.07.2006 The Environmental Protection Bureau, with assistance of the European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR), prepared the draft-National Environmental Protection Programme, under the auspices of the 2003 Environmental Capacity Building Programme.

20.07.2006 The B&H Ministry of Communications and Transport plans a series of public debates on the Environmental Study of the LOT section of Vc-Corridor Highway, between Doboj-South and Sarajevo South, in Zenica, Maglaj, Tesanj and Kakanj.

19.07.2006 Chewang Norphel has attempted to generate water and vegetation in barren Ladakh by simply creating artificial glaciers using stone embankments and a few hundred metres of iron pipe

18.07.2006 A recent study at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA, claims that the combined effect of air pollution (aerosols/particulate matter) and greenhouse gases may induce greater variability in the Indian monsoon — heightening its intensity or weakening it.

15.07.2006 Despite unprecedented growth in recent years, the world economy has not only failed to take care of the planet and its health, but also the basic needs of billions of its inhabitants, most of whom are condemned to live in slums with no safe water to drink, according to a new study released by a U.S.-based independent think tank.

11.07.2006 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for next weekÂ’s
Group of Eight Summit in Russia to focus on what energy security means for
people living in developing countries and also to address the environmental
consequences of energy consumption.

10.07.2006 The Natural Resources Information System (NRIS) encompasses information on natural resources related to land, water, forests, minerals, soils etc. and socio-economic information such as demographic data, amenities, infrastructure etc. The integration of these sets of data would aid the decision making process for systematic resource utilisation and also aid sustainable development goals.

10.07.2006 Coal has the potential to play a key role in India's energy security but it comes along with a few challenges relating to environment issues, according to Mr. Milton Catelin, Chief Executive of the UK-based World Coal Institute.

10.07.2006 Policymakers in Karnataka, India, have been urged to come out with an integrated water management policy to prevent the desertification of land in the State.

10.07.2006 On Radio Alakal, apart from weather forecast, tidal height, conditions at sea and disaster warning, the programme content includes discussions and expert opinions on livelihood options, market information and interviews.

04.07.2006 The MOST Developmental Cultural Information Centre started the “Green is IN” campaign, addressing protection of forests, expansion of protected areas, respect of Law and solution of environmental black spots in Montenegro. The campaign is supported by the World Wildlife Fund.

03.07.2006 The Network for Affirmation of Non-Governmental Sector (MANS) announced that it will demand from the State Prosecutor to bring up criminal charges against all persons involved in cover-up of information on environmental situation at the Podgorica Aluminium Corporation (Kombinat aluminijuma KAP).

01.07.2006 The former Director General of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), Ahim Steiner, said that the organization adopted a "very purposeful decision" to open its programming regional office for the Southeast Europe in Belgrade, with the goal to provide assistance through advise, but also to help the approximation of national environmental protection policies with EU legislation, under the process of European integrations.