Fine balance
Environmental violators in Russia will have to pay heavier fines following a recent federal law passed by president Vladimir Putin. The law introduces changes to the
Environmental violators in Russia will have to pay heavier fines following a recent federal law passed by president Vladimir Putin. The law introduces changes to the
Aun body recently extended a ban on the export of caviar for all Caspian Sea countries except Iran. The un Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (cites) said it extended the
green flag to blue lady: The Supreme Court, on June 5, 2006, gave the green light to the French cruise liner S S Norway, a k a Blue Lady, to enter Indian territorial waters and permitted it to
Saving red-legged frogs: The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) recently settled an agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency (epa) to protect the endangered California red-legged
In 2003, the Conego Souto Maior Caranzalem Farmlands People's Association
US mild stand on mercury
Pollutants alter sexual characteristics of wild fish
UN s latest malaria combatant
Green Revolution crops have also snuffed out farmers wisdom in the Western Himalaya
www.mediacarta.org right to communicate "We have lost faith in the institutions of the mass media'. This refrain is also the main theme of www.media.carta.org. Media reform is, according
This story reminds one of the Hollywood blockbuster of the 1960s that changed the way many people looked at birds. Gigantic flocks of the quela quela (Quelea quelea) bird have attacked rice and maize
• US president George W Bush has signed the country's energy bill that provides billions of dollars of tax subsidies to energy companies. Despite this, the high gasoline prices in the US won't
FISHING LICENCE: Fisher folk associations in Sarawak are up in arms over the renewal of foreign chartered vessel licences in the state, claiming the government broke a promise made to them by the
Norwegian scientists have found that killer whales, or orcas, have overtaken polar bears in toxic content
Will agricultural income be taxed?
The New Zealand government recently okayed a move to relocate a population of 250 rare native snails, which were holding up the development of a coalmine. State-owned mining company Solid Energy
Trinidad's capital recently witnessed a protest against a proposed aluminium smelter when about 200 people lit candles, sang hymns and marched through a park claiming the smelter will harm the area's
The World Trade Organization's (WTO's) mini-ministerial at Geneva on July 1, 2006, ended in a stalemate, with India pulling out of the trade talks. India's commerce minister Kamal Nath walked out of
We want our land, heritage; not the dam
Lebanon to sue Israel: Lebanon is preparing legal action to sue Israel for damages over a huge oil spill, which occurred when Israeli warplanes bombed the Jiyyeh power station on the Mediterranean