environmental degradation
Prime minister: 'Peru won’t allow environmental pollution'
Posted on: 13 March 2012 - 10:31amPeru’s Prime Minister Oscar Valdes said Friday that the government will not allow the pollution of the environment and will ensure mining companies take the necessary mitigation measures in their activities.
Read more: http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=6HUD673WDIM=
Zimbabwe: Killing the Environment for a Living
Posted on: 1 March 2012 - 3:52pmPoverty is a rural dilemma and continues to be a persistent multi-dimensional problem in Zimbabwe and the Sadc region.
It is associated with poor farmers, small farm systems, the landless, resource endowments and the socio-economic environment.
Since agricultural growth is central to improved livelihoods, strategies that focus on promoting such an expansion are critical: Improved efficiency in natural resource management according to the Devendra, C et al, 2002. Sustainability of agricultural systems and the environment, and enhancement of social stability are vital to improved living standards.
How Costa Rica Is Saving The Environment
Posted on: 23 February 2012 - 1:42pmA review published by the United Nations University suggests Costa Rica’s example can pave the way elsewhere for initiatives such as payments for environmental services (PES) as a tool for poverty reduction, achieving carbon neutrality by 2021, and the Pax Natura (peace with nature) Initiative announced by Costa Rica’s President in 2007 as a basis for ethical environmental commitment.
Read more: http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2012/february/22/costarica12022...
Sulawesi’s future in jeopardy
Posted on: 26 January 2012 - 3:16pmSulawesi is the 11th largest island in the world and an Indonesian region blessed with unique biodiversity which inhabit its pristine terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems. The region also has an incredible amount of mineral deposits underneath its 12.5 million hectares of forest, according to Forestry Ministry data from 2009.
ASEAN Justices Reach Common Vision on Environment
Posted on: 15 December 2011 - 12:46pmChief Justices and senior judiciary from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed on a common vision on the role of the judiciary in tackling regional environmental challenges, such as deforestation and illegal logging, the illicit trade in wildlife, pollution and the destruction of coral reefs.
Changing Climate Compounds Environmental Degradation
Posted on: 29 November 2011 - 2:17pmAs Daniel Chakunkha and Mussa Abu talk on the side of a dirt path in Makunje village, Malawi, a steady stream of bicycles loaded with charcoal passes by. The men stand at the halfway mark between Mwanza, a small city in the country’s southwest, and Blantyre, Malawi’s commercial hub.
Environmental decay threatens progress in poorest countries, says UN report
Posted on: 17 November 2011 - 1:54pmAs the gap between rich and poor grows, along with reports of environmental disaster, many of the world’s people worry that their children’s lives will be worse than their own.
A report released Wednesday by the UN’s Development Program warns that unless there’s a serious global change of direction, living standards will plunge in the poorest countries by 2050, reversing decades of gradual gains.
Environmental degradation has marred India''s growth story:WB
Posted on: 5 July 2011 - 12:51pmEnvironmental degradation and growing scarcity of natural resources has marred India''s remarkable economic growth, a World Bank report said today. The report also said the scale of responses from environmentalists and media needs to be further enhanced in order to address the green challenges facing the country.
ADB $100 Million Loan to PRC to Improve Productivity, Incomes from Forestry
Posted on: 17 May 2011 - 5:00pmMANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending $100 million to raise the productivity of orchards and natural forests to increase incomes in areas of northwest People's Republic of China (PRC) that suffer from some of the worst land degradation and poverty rates in the country.
The ADB Board of Directors approved the loan from ordinary capital resources for the Forestry and Ecological Restoration Project which will be carried out in the provinces of Gansu and Shaanxi, as well as the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Along with planting thousands of hectares of fruit and nut trees, which will bring economic benefits to over 200,000 households, the project will reforest large areas of hilly and environmentally damaged land. It will also incorporate an innovative integrated ecosystem management approach and support carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation measures.
ADB $100 Million Loan to PRC to Improve Productivity, Incomes from Forestry
Posted on: 17 May 2011 - 5:00pmMANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending $100 million to raise the productivity of orchards and natural forests to increase incomes in areas of northwest People's Republic of China (PRC) that suffer from some of the worst land degradation and poverty rates in the country.
The ADB Board of Directors approved the loan from ordinary capital resources for the Forestry and Ecological Restoration Project which will be carried out in the provinces of Gansu and Shaanxi, as well as the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Along with planting thousands of hectares of fruit and nut trees, which will bring economic benefits to over 200,000 households, the project will reforest large areas of hilly and environmentally damaged land. It will also incorporate an innovative integrated ecosystem management approach and support carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation measures.
