Full coverage: Environment

17.05.2007 WWF:n uuden selvityksen mukaan Suomi jää nykytoimilla kauas tavoitteistaan Itämeren rehevöitymisen torjumiseksi. Itämeren suojeluohjelma ei ole tuottanut toivottua tulosta. WWF korostaa, että hallituspuolueiden olisi korkea aika lunastaa Itämeren suojelua koskevat vaalilupauksensa.

16.05.2007 Zoologist Kaushik Deuti fears for the future of the golden langurs of western Assam. These exquisite primates are at the verge of extinction in India.

16.05.2007 Selain membahayakan kesehatan, ternyata tanaman transgenik juga membahayakan keseimbangan ekosistem. Celakanya, sekali organisme, bakteri, dan virus transgenik dilepaskan di alam, mereka tidak dapat dibatasi atau ditarik kembali.

15.05.2007 Keanegaraman hayati yang dianugerahkan Tuhan kepada Indonesia terancam punah. Ini akibat makin parahnya kerusakan hutan yang merupakan habitat dari berbagai spesies flora dan fauna. Untuk mencegah kepunahan tersebut, muncul gagasan untuk melakukan moratorium logging (jeda tebang). Sejauh mana efektifitas ide tersebut?

15.05.2007 UN Commission on Sustainable Development recently ended a two-year discussion about sustainable energy. In response, the Working Group on Energy and Climate Change of the Citizens Network for Sustainable Development called for the "need to dramatically transform the ways we produce and consume energy in our individual households, communities, regions and nation.”

15.05.2007 Suomessa myydään edelleen sademetsäpuuta sisältäviä puutarhahuonekaluja, osoittaa Suomen luonnonsuojeluliiton, Luonto-Liiton, Maan ystävien, Greenpeacen ja Kuluttajaliiton selvitys. Näiden tuotteiden puu tulee uhanalaisista sademetsistä ja maista, joissa laittomat hakkuut ovat yleisiä.

11.05.2007 On May 10, 2007, Zelena akcija environmental association, with the support from the Right to a City initiative, submitted its remarks on certain provisions of the Decision to Adopt the General Urban Plan (GUP), related to the borough of Donji Grad, to the Zagreb Bureau of Spatial Planning.

11.05.2007 Zelena akcija je 10. 5. 2007, uz potporu inicijative Pravo na grad, zagrebačkom Zavodu za prostorno uređenje predala primjedbe koje se odnose na pojedine odredbe Odluke o donošenju Generalnog urbanističkog plana (GUP), vezane uz Donji grad. Primjedbe je izradio Urbanistički savjet Zelene akcije i one se zasnivaju na neovisnom stručnom uvjerenju i zahtjevima peticije koju je potpisalo više od 50.000 građana.

11.05.2007 Indian NGO Center for Environment Education (CEE) is working to promote awareness and understanding of environmental issues in the country. It has recently introduced a website for children - www.kidsrgreen.org – that allows children to explore and discover environment-related issues.

10.05.2007 The Pelican Association for Protection of Flora and Fauna in Prespa, is a newly established association that will direct its efforts and activities towards the initiatives for protection of the whole eco-system of the Lake of Prespa.

10.05.2007 Ilmastomuutos ja metsänhakkuut ovat kiihdyttäneet eroosiota Thaimaassa. Viidennes rantaviivasta on kadonnut, pahimmillaan rannikosta syöpyy pois 25 metriä maata vuodessa. Vesirajan nouseminen uhkaa rannikon kalastajakyliä.

10.05.2007 Salah satu yang menarik dari buku ini selain analisa objektivitas berita juga tawaran untuk mengembangkan jurnalisme berkelanjutan, sebuah jalan tengah antara jurnalisme advokasi dan jurnalisme tradisional.

10.05.2007 Last week, Mjaft! Movement’s activists, donning surgical masks, declared the Ministry of Environment closed. During the Ministry’s working hours the activists placed themselves outside the Ministry walls, on “Durresi Street”, holding banners that loudly proclaimed the following message in capital letters: “CLOSED DOWN”.

09.05.2007 Perkembangan pertanian organik di negeri ini seringkali terganjal dengan ketiadaan kebijakan politik yang berpihak. Bahkan, pertanian organik seringkali justru dipertentangkan dengan isu ketahanan pangan.

09.05.2007 India's Supreme Court dismissed an application on 4 May that sought enhanced compensation for Bhopal's victims of the gas tragedy. More than two decades later, survivors are still struggling to claim their rights after toxic gases spewed out of the city's Union Carbide plant in 1984.

09.05.2007 Sampah basah dapat dimanfaatkan menjadi pupuk kompos. Sementara, sampah kering dapat dipilah-pilah dan dijual kembali untuk kemudian didaur ulang.

09.05.2007 Friends of the Earth International, the world's largest grassroots environmental network, is extremely disappointed by today's verdict on a mining pollution case in North Sulawesi in Indonesia which shamefully ignored compelling evidence.

09.05.2007 Lima tahun terakhir, warga Kecamatan Geragai, Tanjung Jabung Timur, Jambi, selalu digempur banjir. Dua perusahaan swasta di kawasan itu dituding sebagai penyebab. Bagaimanakah yang sebenarnya?

09.05.2007 Toxics Link, an Indian organisation working for environmental justice and freedom from toxics, organising a workshop on e-waste management on 17th May 2007 at Quality Inn Aruna, 144, Sterling Road, Chennai –600034, Chennai, India. The workshop aims to facilitate discussions and information exchange from the various stakeholders on e-waste management.

06.05.2007 Kasus penanaman kapas Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), salah satu produk transgenik, tahun 2001 lalu di Sulawesi Selatan, merupakan sebuah pengalaman buruk Pemerintah yang gagal melindungi para petani. Namun, dari kasus itu dapat diambil sebuah pelajaran agar Pemerintah tidak lagi mengulang kesalahan yang sama.