http://us.oneworld.net/article/archive/2217 en_GB_uk http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/161977/1/2217 What are the implication for biodiversity of the fact that huge tracts of abandoned tropical forests that were once logged or farmed are regrowing? http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84221 More than 50 million girls have been married before legal adulthood and the number will double to 100 million within a decade, says a new report, Before She's Ready. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/161088/1/2217 Almost 100 people held as slaves in the DR Congo have been released, thanks to the work of activists. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83714 Ponds around the globe could absorb as much carbon as the world's oceans, according to new research. From: TerraDaily http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83709 Major changes in the Earth's natural systems are being driven by global warming, according to a vast analysis. From: BBC http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83690 Global warming will take its biggest toll on insects in the tropics--home to more than half the world's species, scientists predict. From: ScienceNow http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83685 Jesus León Santos, the leader of a democratic farmer-to-farmer network, recently received a prestigious environmental award for promoting sustainability through traditional agriculture in Oaxaca, Mexico. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83684 Zimbabweans are increasingly harnessing new technologies -- notably cell phones and the internet -- to challenge the ever more dictatorial nature of Mugabe's regime. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160430/1/2217 Sri Lanka’s worsening human rights record and failed promises for improvement undermine its claim for a place on the UN Human Rights Council, a coalition of national and international NGOs said in a letter released today. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83692 NGO representatives in Chad are mourning the killing by bandits of Pascal Marlinge, the country director of Save the Children UK. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83672 Like Kiribati and Tuvalu, the islands of the Torres Strait are slowly being submerged. But unlike their Pacific neighbours, the plight of their inhabitants is being overlooked. From: The Independent http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83682 The United States should repeal restrictions on humanitarian assistance to Burma and help those affected by Cyclone Nargis, said an international refugee agency yesterday, higlighting the "tremendous need inside Burma." http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83680 One of the founders of bambu, a fair trade business making houseware from organic bamboo and other renewable materials, talks about his company's sustainable journey and the green business movement. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83671 Scientists report that the rising temperature of Lake Baikal, located in frigid Siberia, shows that this region is responding strongly to global warming. From: Terra Daily http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83670 Policymakers should not succumb to pumping vast amounts of taxpayers money into the elusive promise of carbon capture and storage, concludes Greenpeace in a new report.