Environment

• Thursday, June 4th 2009 - 15:30 UTC

  FAO suggests climate change talks should include fisheries

  

  Sixteen international organisations asked that the protection and optimisation of marine ecosystems, fisheries and aquaculture be included in the discussions leading up to the sequel to the Kyoto Protocol.

• Monday, June 1st 2009 - 13:33 UTC

  Brazilian beef industry blamed for Amazon deforestation

  

  Boots and training shoes are not the first things that spring to mind when you think about the causes of rainforest destruction and climate change, but just because the connection isn't obvious doesn't mean it isn't realm, says Greenpeace in a new report, “Slaughtering the Amazon”.

• Monday, June 1st 2009 - 07:51 UTC

  Andean indigenous propose international tribunal for “environmental crimes”

  

  Latinamerican indigenous peoples are proposing the creation o fan international court to address actions which harm the environment, according to the regional representatives meeting in the Peruvian highlands city of Puno

• Saturday, May 30th 2009 - 16:15 UTC

  World: Climate change 'killing thousands'

  

  Climate change is killing about 315,000 people a year through hunger, sickness and weather disasters, according to a new report. The report, commissioned by the Geneva-based Global Humanitarian Forum (GHF) and released on Friday, said the the annual death toll is expected to rise to half a million by 2030.

• Friday, May 29th 2009 - 05:04 UTC

  Brazil discovers the benefits of efficient cook stoves.

  

  Woodland in Brazil is being cut down, day after day. The local people say they need it to make a living. This is not the Amazon rainforest deforestation, but the woody landscape of Caatinga in the North Eastern corner of Brazil. Caatinga’s inhabitants are cutting wood for cooking.

• Friday, May 29th 2009 - 02:19 UTC

  South Atlantic islands preparing invasive species strategy

  

  A regional strategy for invasive species in the South Atlantic should be ready towards the end of the year, following the conclusion of the regional workshop on Ascension Island.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - 12:43 UTC

  OIE confirms impact of climate change on animal diseases

  

  The impact of climate change on the emergence and re-emergence of animal diseases has been confirmed in a worldwide study conducted by the World Organization for Animal Health, OIE. The announcement was done at the77th OIE General Assembly, Delegates of the 174 Member Countries and Territories as a warning to the International Community

• Saturday, May 23rd 2009 - 15:21 UTC

  Obama signs credit card holders “Bill of Rights”

  

  Credit card companies in the US will be bound by new restrictions on their ability to charge fees, or raise interest rates on existing borrowings. On Friday, President Barack Obama is signed a new law which will come into full effect next February.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2009 - 06:43 UTC

  Ence’s assets in Uruguay taken over by Stora Enso and Arauco

  

  Finland’s Stora Enso, Europe’s leading paper producer and Arauco, one of the largest forest industry enterprises in Latinamerica based in Chile, announced Monday the definitive purchase agreement for the joint (50%/50%) acquisition of Spanish pulp producer Grupo ENCE assets in Uruguay.

• Friday, May 15th 2009 - 12:25 UTC

  Calculating the impact of the Antarctic ice sheet melting

  

  The collapse of a major Antarctic ice sheet will not raise global sea levels as much as previous projections suggest, a team of scientists has calculated. Writing in Science, the researchers said that the demise of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) would result in a sea level rise of 3.3m.
  Previous estimates had forecast a rise in the region of five to six metres.