Full coverage: Environment

30.06.2004 Canada's first minority government in 25 years will have to act on environmental and sustainable development priorities if it hopes to build bridges with the NDP and Bloc Quebecois. To start, that could mean less lip service and more action on Canada's Kyoto Protocol obligations.

30.06.2004 Përfaqësuesit komunal të Gjilanit, autoritetit pyjore, KFOR-it dhe policisë në një takim të përbashkët janë dakorduar për marrjen e masave shtesë për mbrojtjen e pyjeve nga qytetarët e pandërgjegjshëm, të cilët po i shkatërrojnë pyjet për interesa personale

30.06.2004 India-based AuroRE and Prakratik Society have won UK's prestigious Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy 2004, for their renewable energy projects.

30.06.2004 Bayer CropScience, the multi-national agro-chemical and biotech corporation, has dropped its court action against Friends of the Earth. It had tried to prevent the environmental group from telling the public how to access safety data on pesticides - including a flagship weedkiller for use on GM herbicide tolerant crops in the UK, Glufosinate Ammonium.

30.06.2004 Viikko sitten alkaneet tulvat ja myrskyt ovat ajaneet jo satojatuhansia ihmisiä kodeistaan Intiassa, Bangladeshissa, Kiinassa ja Burmassa. Burmaan on pyydetty kansainvälistä apua, muissa maissa Punainen Risti auttaa uhreja toistaiseksi paikallisin voimin. Tulvat aiheuttavat ongelmia monissa Aasian maissa vuosittain kesäkuusta syyskuuhun jatkuvan sadekauden aikana.

29.06.2004 Tansaniassa ympäristön saastumiseen herätään harvoin ilmiön itsensä vuoksi, mutta monet elinkeinot ovat riippuvaisia luonnonympäristön tilasta. Paikallisten ympäristöjärjestöjen suurin haaste onkin saada ihmiset ajattelemaan kauemmas tulevaisuuteen. Ongelmista ei voi syyttää yksin köyhyyttä, vaikka monet ympäristöhankkeet tehdäänkin köyhien parissa, järjestöt muistuttavat.

28.06.2004 Un mare di guai. E' questa la fotografia scattata dal dossier "Mare monstrum" di Legambiente presentato nei giorni scorsi a Roma. Un illecito ogni 400 metri di litorale per una somma di 17.871 illeciti con un incremento del 7,2% rispetto al 2002. Allarme depurazione: infrazioni in aumento del 43%. Cresce, grazie al condono, l'abusivismo edilizio. Sicilia, Campani e Lazio le peggiori regioni. E' salpata intanto Goletta Verde, la storica campagna ambientalista di informazione e monitoraggio della qualità delle acque di balneazione.

28.06.2004 26 June 2004 - Environment and human rights groups have called for suspension of construction on a major BP oil pipeline, following new evidence published in the Independent of major technical failures on the project.

28.06.2004 Representatives from communities around the world will attend Shell's AGM on Monday 28 June in London to demand justice from the oil company, which they say is causing severe health problems and environmental damage from Nigeria to Texas, from Sakhalin to South Africa.

28.06.2004 Climate change is the biggest environmental issue facing us today. This year, the UK Government’s chief scientific adviser described the threat of climate change as more serious than the threat of terrorism. It is happening now and its effects will be felt by all of us, especially by poor people in poor countries. Check out People & Planet’s webpage and help your university go green.

25.06.2004 Partia e të Gjelbërve të Kosovës, duke vërejtur mangësitë në organizim e jetës institucionale dhe shoqërore në Kosovë, ka vendosur që t’i bojkotojë zgjedhjet parlamentare të 23 tetorit. Në arsyetimet e dhëna nga kjo parti thuhet se vendimi është marrë ngase “Kosova po stagnon në zhvillimin demokratik, ekonomik, social dhe mjedisor”.

25.06.2004 Friends of the Earth, the European Environmental Bureau and Greenpeace have criticised the European Union for failing to set measurable targets for protecting the environment and human - particularly child - health. A recent report in the Lancet has revealed that one in three child deaths in Europe is due to environmental factors.

25.06.2004 According to a World Conservation Monitoring Centre report, forest destruction is putting half the world's 1,200 woody bamboo species at risk of extinction.

24.06.2004 Në kuadër të konsultimeve publike për zhvillimin hapësinor të Kosovës, në Pejë janë identifikuan problemet e që kanë të bëjnë drejtpërdrejt me standardet jetësore të qytetarëve

24.06.2004 Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK without an independent Environmental Protection Agency, despite repeated calls from a wide range of bodies including WWF Northern Ireland.

24.06.2004 Ympäristöjärjestöt vaativat hallitukselta näkyviä toimenpiteitä hallitusohjelmaan kirjatun ympäristökasvatuksen aseman kohentamiseksi ja muistuttavat, että kasvatus on keskeinen keino vaikuttaa kulutustottumuksiin. Vaatimuksiin kuuluvat mm. resurssien lisääminen ympäristöhallintoon sekä ympäristökasvatustyötä tekevien järjestöjen toiminnan turvaaminen.

23.06.2004 Scientists tell us that of all the issues facing humanity this century, the biggest challenge may be climate change. Over the next few decades, a warming planet could begin to have profound implications for our economy and our way of life. Yet this important issue is virtually nowhere to be found in Canada's election debates.

23.06.2004 In a new book - Environment & Health: Myths & Realities - 10 expert scientific contributors analyse key environment and health issues being discussed by the WHO. The book challenges the conventional wisdom that human health problems (cancer, disease and even death) are being caused and exacerbated by modern industrial society.

23.06.2004 Digital mapping of natural resources in West Bengal, India, is being carried out as a project of Natural Resources data Management System. The project will help in planning of sustainable natural resource management in this locale.

23.06.2004 NVO “Green home” je saopstila da je ekoloski incident na Moraci nizvodno od Kombinata aluminijuma, koji je imao katastrofalne posljedice po zivi svijet u rijeci, samo dokaz da se problemi zagadjenja zivotne sredine moraju kvalitetno i trajno rjesavati.