Full Coverage: Environment

31.10.2007 The Asian Development Bank’s urban development programme in Indian state of Rajasthan will improve the living conditions of 1.6 million urbanites. Better quality of drinking water, public health, sewerage, drainage and solid waste management systems are expected from the project.

31.10.2007 WWF:n selvityksen mukaan suomalaiset elintarviketuottajat ovat piittaamattomia käyttämänsä palmuöljyn alkuperästä ja palmuöljytuotannon vaikutuksista sademetsiin.

30.10.2007 Environmental activist Sunita Narain says India has to wean itself away from the polluters’ club in the larger interests of mitigating climate change effects. By asserting our right to development, we are forgetting the need to press for mandatory emission targets on developed nations.

30.10.2007 The Jatropha scrub weed can weather droughts, stop soil erosion, transform barren lands into lush greenery, while providing self-sufficient energy for rural communities – all at the same time. While India has plans to make the plant its chief biofuel source, there is little knowledge on the environmental impact of its cultivation.

27.10.2007

25.10.2007 Following reports of tigers vanishing from the Sariska Tiger Reserve in the western state of Rajasthan, the state forest department and the Ministry of Environment and Forests have worked out voluntary relocation packages for families living in 11 villages in Sariska. The move will hopefully help bring India’s national animal back to the reserve.

24.10.2007 The World Sustainable Development Forum is organizing Delhi Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi on 7-9 February 2008 to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Noble laureate R.K. Pachauri says in his message that the summit assumes unusual importance because it will deal with the theme of sustainable development and climate change.

23.10.2007 Water wisdom is part of a larger wisdom – for nations, communities and individuals. This was the theme of a recent book launch at the Indian capital last week. The discussion dealt with various perspectives on water, from traditional to alternative, including the very critical issue of water scarcity.

23.10.2007 India's leading wildlife magazine, Sanctuary Asia is hosting the Wildlife Awards to honour people engaged in conservation. In addition, Kids for Tigers will organize a ‘Wildlife Parade’ to sensitize adults about nature and wildlife. The event will take place on December 7, 2007 at the National Centre for Performing Arts, Mumbai.

23.10.2007 A power conservation drive has made villages in the northern Indian state of Haryana switch over to Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL). Binola in Gurgaon was the first village to be lit up by CFL this year, followed by Sirsa, India’s first and only 100% CFL-electrified district.

22.10.2007 Nicaraguan hallitus on julistanut koko maahan hätätilan sateiden aiheuttamien vahinkojen vuoksi.

22.10.2007 Sustained campaign has turned poachers into conservationists in Sunderbans on the Indian side, the natural habitat of the Royal Bengal Tiger. Local initiatives have helped bring man-animal conflict to the minimum, resulting in no tiger killings since 1990.

22.10.2007 Ekologisessa velassa on kyse saavutettujen etujen puolustamisesta keinolla millä hyvänsä, kirjoittaa Kepan verkkokolumnisti Anastasia Laitila.

17.10.2007 The award of the Nobel Prize of 2007 spotlights the serious issue of climate change, the need for policy and action around it and of course, IPCC's contribution under the leadership of Rajendra Pachauri. Some observations by Pachauri from the Deccan Herald...

16.10.2007 NEW YORK, Oct 16 (OneWorld) - Apple's iPhone contains hazardous chemicals that can endanger human health and the environment, say scientists associated with the environmental organization Greenpeace International who tested the device in their laboratories a few months ago.

12.10.2007 Nobelkomitea halusi tämän vuoden palkinnollaan korostaa ilmastonmuutoksen aiheuttamaa uhkaa maailman turvallisuudelle ja ilmastonmuutoksen torjumisen välttämättömyyttä.

12.10.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Oct 11 (OneWorld) - Despite its enormous wealth and phenomenal growth in technological inventions, the United States remains far behind other industrialized countries in trying to help poor nations embark on the path of development, a new study by an independent think tank concludes.

11.10.2007

09.10.2007 As seven hundred million Indians still live without access to any modern energy source, eradicating poverty and empowering people through a steady economic growth may hold the key to India's energy efficiency.

08.10.2007 Lauantaina se tapahtui: me käytimme loppuun maapallolla teoreettisesti tälle vuodelle varatut resurssit ja aloimme kerätä niin sanottua ekologista velkaa. Erityisesti rikkaiden länsimaiden kulutustavat tuhoavat elinympäristöämme.