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Thursday, November 5, 2026
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ENVIRONMENT: Can Global Climate Change Panel Float Above Politics?
While battles rage in the U.S. administration over cutting greenhouse gas emissions, conservative lobby groups and environmentalists in Washington and beyond continue to debate the objectivity of the global Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.SCIENCE: Oceans Still a Deep Mystery
Fish stocks cannot be managed properly because little is known about the ecology of the world's oceans, scientists from the Census of Marine Life project reported Thursday.GM FOODS: Mexican Maize Meets Banned Variety
Contamination of Mexico's maize by genetically modified (GM) varieties, including the banned StarLink, is much more widespread than previously reported, according to a new study sponsored by a coalition of indigenous and farmer groups./ARTS WEEKLY/FILM: Balancing Wildlife Conservation with Human Survival
This year's Toronto International Environmental Film and Video Festival explores how African environmental and conservation issues, such as the bush meat trade, are deeply intertwined with the continent's cultural and political realities.ENVIRONMENT: U.N. Minimising Tropical Deforestation – Report
Scientists at a world meeting on forests are reporting that tropical deforestation is much worse than the most recent surveys from the United Nations show.SCIENCE: Climate Change Cutting Crops, Warn Researchers
World cereal stocks are plunging to their lowest levels in recent history and might not recover due to climate change, experts say.WTO-CANCUN: Axing U.S. Subsidies Will Hurt All Farmers – Report
U.S. agriculture subsidies of nearly 20 billion dollars annually hurt small growers in both the developing South and the United States but, paradoxically, eliminating those trade-distorting supports would not benefit either group, according to a new U.S. report."We have found conclusive evidence... that international trade policies have indeed led the way for the global downward spiral of farm prices and farm income," but ending those policies would hurt both farmers in the United States and developing countries, says Daryll Ray, co-author of the report.
WTO-CANCUN: Axing U.S. Subsidies Will Hurt All Farmers – Report
U.S. agriculture subsidies of nearly 20 billion dollars annually hurt small growers in both the south and the United States but, paradoxically, eliminating those trade-distorting supports would not benefit either group, according to a new U.S. report.SCIENCE: Trawlers ‘Bulldozing’ Sea Mountains, Say Researchers
Scientists are warning that the drop in coastal fish stocks worldwide has pushed fishing fleets into deeper waters in search of rich undersea hills called seamounts, where hundreds of new species have been discovered in recent years.SCIENCE: Researchers Unite to Unearth Key to Food Security
Governments, the World Bank and NGOs such as Greenpeace and Oxfam have agreed to participate in a global review of the role of science and technology in farming, a project they say could reshape approaches to future food security issues.CANADA: Farmer Ready for Final Court Battle Against Monsanto
Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser will get his last chance in January 2004 to defeat agribusiness and biotechnology giant Monsanto, when the Canadian Supreme Court is to hear a case that could affect farmers the world over.
A Farmer Prepares for Final Battle Against Monsant
The resolution of the case of Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser against the agribusiness-biotech giant Monsanto could have global repercussions for patent rights. The Canadian Supreme Court will hear the case in January 2004.SCIENCE: Canada’s GM Crops Sprout Problems, Says U.K. MP
Former U.K. Environment Minister Michael Meacher toured Canadian farms recently to witness problems with genetically modified (GM) crops that might serve as cautionary tales for other countries.MEDIA: Govts Must Commit to Freedom of Internet News, says Group
The free flow of news on the Internet is at risk unless governments that attend December's global information summit commit to supporting free expression, and to not restricting information online, warns an umbrella group of journalists' organisations.SCIENCE-US: Bush Plan Seeks "Second Opinion" on Global Warming
The George W. Bush administration announced a new 10-year plan Thursday to study the "uncertainty" around global climate change - instead of taking action to fix it, scientists and environmentalists say.DEVELOPMENT: Community Leaders Share Dreams for the Future
What kind of world do you want by 2020? An ambitious international research effort called the Global Stakeholder Panel is surveying political, business and non-governmental (NGO) decision-makers - with a special outreach to civil society leaders in the South - to answer that question.ENVIRONMENT-U.S.: Groups Seek Halt to Bio-Pharming Field Trials
Even as the United States sues the European Union in the World Trade Organisation for shunning genetically engineered crops, the George W. Bush administration has itself become the target of a lawsuit by groups seeking a ban on open field trials of plants designed to produce pharmaceuticals.ENVIRONMENT-US: Groups Seek Halt to Bio-Pharming Field Trials
Even as the United States sues the European Union in the World Trade Organisation for shunning genetically engineered crops, the administration of Pres. George W. Bush has itself become the target of a lawsuit by groups seeking a ban on open field trials of plants designed to produce pharmaceutical drugs.HEALTH-CANADA: SARS Exposes Cracks in Hospitals System
While the World Health Organization recently declared an end to the SARS crisis for now, Canada's health system is still reeling over its failure to initially control the disease in Toronto.CANADA: Greenpeace, Farmers Shut Down GE Wheat Research Centre
Greenpeace activists joined with farmers to shut down a Canadian government research centre in the province of Manitoba on Thursday to protest open-air trials of genetically engineered (GE) wheat.ENVIRONMENT: Subsidies in North Help Drain Oceans of Fish
Fishing subsidies in the world's rich countries and development that pushes poor farmers off their land are two reasons why the world's oceans have been over-harvested, leading to a drastic drop in fish stocks, say experts.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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