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ENVIRONMENT-PERU: New Machinery For Natural Gas Wells Disturb Forests
The Urabamba river which flows through the dense highland forests on the eastern flank of the central Peruvian Andes near this village has a new inhabitant, the Manta, that is bigger than any other creature in the river.ENVIRONMENT-PERU: New Machinery For Natural Gas Wells Disturb Forests
The Urabamba river which flows through the dense highland forests on the eastern flank of the central Peruvian Andes near this village has a new inhabitant, the Manta, that is bigger than any other creature in the river.ENVIRONMENT-PERU: Communities Divided Over Shell Natural Gas Scheme
A brown scar, some three hectares in size, has marked the highland forests near this tiny, remote indigenous village in central Peru in the last three months.ENVIRONMENT: Search for Gold Takes ‘Toxic Bob’ Around the World
In his search for the proverbial pot of gold, Robert 'Toxic Bob' Friedland has followed the end of the rainbow to the heart of the Venezuelan Amazon, the vast native grasslands of Siberia, high up in the Rocky Mountains, and the Atlantic coast of southern Africa, to name just a few places.ENVIRONMENT: Greeks, Czechs Seek to Stop Mining by Canadian Firm
In its search for gold, a Canadian firm wants to rip up the birthplace of Aristotle and an area along the former Iron Curtain in the Czech Republic.ENVIRONMENT: Ecuador Communities Suffer Major Setback In U.S. Courts
A bid by indigenous and farmer communities in Ecuador to get compensation for environmental damage caused by oil multinational Texaco has been thrown out of U.S courts.ENVIRONMENT: Corporate Dollars Defeat Environment Hopes
Environmentalists who poured their dollars and volunteer work hours into the U.S. election campaign did not get far in their lobbying efforts in the face of the powerful multinational corporations that control mining, logging, and sugar industries./IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ CANADA: Gold rush threatens indigenous peoples
Much to the dismay of indigenous residents who survive on hunting and fishing, hundreds of prospectors have raced into two remote northern areas of Canada in the last three months in a frantic search for metals ranging from copper to nickel.ENVIRONMENT: Shell Faces Lawsuit For Nigerian activities
Three Nigerians filed a lawsuit against Shell petroleum in U.S. federal courts in New York Friday, charging the company with complicity in the detention and hanging of nine Nigerian environmentalists a year ago.ENVIRONMENT: Shell Faces Lawsuit For Nigerian activities
Three Nigerians filed a lawsuit against Shell petroleum in U.S. federal courts in New York Friday, charging the company with complicity in the detention and hanging of nine Nigerian environmentalists a year ago.ENVIRONMENT: Canadian gold rush threatens indigenous peoples
Much to the dismay of indigenous residents who survive on hunting and fishing, hundreds of prospectors have raced into two remote northern areas of Canada in the last three months in a frantic search for metals ranging from copper to nickel.ENVIRONMENT: Park Managers Don’t Protect Indigenous People, Study Says
Death squads murder Arhuaco indigenous leaders in the coastal mountain forests of Colombia.ENVIRONMENT: Breakthrough for Indigenous Peoples at Conservation Meet
The Ngobe-Bugle indigenous peoples of Panama and the Nuu-Chah-Nulth indigenous peoples of western Canada share a problem: they are both fighting major Canadian companies which want to exploit the natural resources on their lands.ENVIRONMENT: European Subsidies Fuel Asian Dam-Building/CORRECTED REPEAT
On the heels of nabbing a contract to build a major dam in Malaysia, Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), a Swiss- Swedish industrial conglomerate, has asked the German and Swiss governments to support its bid to participate in the mammoth Three Gorges dam project in China.ENVIRONMENT: European Subsidies Feul Asian Dam-Building
On the heels of nabbing a contract to build a major dam in Malaysia, Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), a Swiss- Swedish industrial conglomerate, has asked the German and Swiss governments to support its bid to participate in the mammoth Three Gorges dam project in China.ENVIRONMENT: World Scientific Body Questioned over Laos Dam
Two international environmental organisations have questioned the motive behind a high-level agreement between the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the government of Laos.ENVIRONMENT-LATAM: Logging Companies Moving into Central America
Mahogany trees are being chopped down and hauled out of the Columbia River forest in the Toledo district on the border between Guatemala and Belize to the anger and dismay of local Mayans.ENVIRONMENT: Local Residents Key to Protecting Sensitive Areas
The deep orange flowers of the wild cinnamon greet visitors driving through the forests of Kerinci- Seblat park in central Sumatra.ENVIRONMENT: Intel Computer Chip Plant Tests New Environmental Rules
The 1.3-billion-dollar expansion of a computer chip plant near Phoenix, Arizona, heralds a new era in environmental regulation, according to company and U.S. government officials./IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ DEVELOPMENT: Communities From Amazon to Himalayas Win Small Gains
Several thousand Paraguayan villagers living on the Parana river in South America represent the latest community challenge to the World Bank.DEVELOPMENT: Communities From Amazon to Himalayas Win Small Gains
Several thousand Paraguayan villagers living on the Parana river in South America represent the latest community challenge to the World Bank.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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