World News from OneWorld UK

16.05.2008 Species are dying out at a rate not seen since the demise of the dinosaurs, according to a report published today – and human behaviour is blamed.
+ Entangled in the web of life: biodiversity and the media

16.05.2008 Britain and the European Union have been criticised for not doing enough to prevent the commercialisation of 'Terminator' seeds in the developing world that would threaten the livelihoods of 1.4 billion people and wreak havoc on agricultural biodiversity.

15.05.2008 China comes under fire for continuing to obstruct moves to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar.
+ Authorities restrict Cyclone Nargis news coverage
* London demos: see Events listing

15.05.2008 As mining company Vedanta announces record profits today, India's remote Dongria Kondh people are claiming the company will destroy them forever if it goes ahead with plans to mine their sacred mountain.

15.05.2008 Governments could save human lives and millions of dollars in crop and income losses for the rural poor through better consideration of the needs of wildlife, according to a new study of conflict between humans and wild elephants in Africa and Asia.

14.05.2008 One week after appeal lines opened, £6 million has been raised for the Myanmar Cyclone Appeal.

13.05.2008 More than 27,000 people in the Irrawaddy delta region of Burma -- one of the areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis -- have received food aid and other crucial supplies, a UN food agency announced yesterday.

31.01.2007 Children caught up in crises around the world are being forced to wait for life-saving emergency relief as the introduction of the UN’s emergency fund has created an extra hurdle for aid agencies striving to reach those most in need.

31.01.2007 The Sri Lankan government should allow newsprint and ink to be transported into Jaffna to enable the city’s publications to function, two freedom of expression groups have urged.

31.01.2007 Campaigners are to protest outside of the French embassy in London on Friday to urge the government to stop representatives of the Zimbabwean government attending a forthcoming Franco-African summit.
* Zimbabwe organisation faces charges after pro-democracy church service