South Asia rains claim 800 lives
Flash floods in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur have claimed three new victims and the death toll from monsoon floods and landslides across South Asia topped 800, officials said. Millions
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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The expanding reach of non government aid
Although the decade between the World Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and its successor in Johannesburg later this month is marked by the failure of governments to prevent the degradation of the
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Freedom makes all the difference
The Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro 10 years ago, which did a lot to advance environmental consciousness in public discussion, also helped to generate the understanding that environment and
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White Zimbabwe farmers ignore eviction deadline
A government deadline for Zimbabwe's white farmers to give up their land passed without incident, and it remained uncertain if the police would try to forcibly evict them. Local police officials said
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Zimbabwe rounds up dozens of farmers
Accelerating President Robert Mugabe's efforts to seize white-owned farms, the police in Zimbabwe have arrested dozens of commercial farmers who have defied government eviction notices. A spokesman
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Bush proposals fuels debate on wildfires
Even as President George W. Bush urges increased thinning of U.S. forests, some scientists caution that there is little evidence to show that thinning will prevent fires on the catastrophic scales
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Testosterone use prompts concern among doctors
The federal government halted a major study of hormone replacement therapy in healthy women last month, saying the treatment under study seemed to do more harm than good. Bur while that action
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Thousands in China race to prop up dikes
As floodwaters rose beside a huge, rain swollen lake in central China, 800000 workers and 8000 soldiers were racing to shore up dikes that protect six Chinese cities and dozens of villages, Chinese
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What kind of world for our children?
The United Nations summit in Monterrey last March spurred poor countries to commit to improve their policies and goverance, in exchange for promises by rich countries to deliver more aid and open
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Arms spending instead of basic aid
Despite the coming World Summit on Sustainable Development, it is nearly certain that the tens of billions of additional dollars will be unavailable. So it is an appropriate time to address the issue