Full coverage: Environment

31.08.2006 The Naturschutzbund (leading Austrian conservation NGO) delegation has visited recently the upper basin of Neretva River, to get better insight in the existing environmental problems, i.e. plans for construction of high dams on the river.

31.08.2006 Milieukontakt organizon në datat 27-29 shtator 2006 në Pogradec Workshopin me temë: “Turizmi i Qëndrueshëm: Mundësi dhe Sfida”. Në të do të ketë pjesëmarrje nga Shqipëria, Kroacia, Maqedonia dhe Moldavia si dhe ekspertë nga Rumania dhe Anglia.

31.08.2006 Savez za zaštitu okoline Austrije (Naturschutzbund) predstavlja vodeću i krovnu nevladinu organizaciju koja se bavi zaštitom okoline i koja okuplja mnoge organizacije iz Austrije. Ovih dana predstavnici Saveza borave u gornjem toku rijeke Neretve sa ciljem da se upoznaju sa postojećim okolinskim problemima, odnosno, planovima za izgradnju visokih brana.

31.08.2006 Recycling paper is one of the many steps towards forest conservation and environmental degradation – we all talk about it, but how many of us really get down to doing anything about it? School students in Indian capital New Delhi, with help from an NGO, show the way.

29.08.2006 Nokia, based in Finland, and Dell, based in the USA, both score 7,0 points out of maximum 10 in the 'Guide to Greener Electronics', launched today by Greenpeace. The scorecard ranks the 14 top mobile and PC producers and currently all fail to get a green ranking, the radical environmental organization says.

29.08.2006 Children from nearly 70 countries are meeting in Malaysia this week to discuss ways to protect the world's forests, as part of a conference sponsored by the United Nations Environmental Programme.

26.08.2006 U subotu 26. augusta organizaciji Green Toura, službeno je počeo festival Green Fest - Zelenkovac 2006. the “Zelenkovac 2006” u Zelenkovcu blizu Mrkonjić Grada. Festival traje do nedjelje 27. augusta. Detaljni program festivala nalazi se na www.greentour.ba/fest.htm.

25.08.2006 Professor Asit K. Biswas, a tireless water proponent who constantly challenges the "status quo", received the 2006 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate from Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. Professor Biswas is an Indian-born Canadian citizen and president of the Mexico City-based Third World Centre for Water Management.

24.08.2006 Representatives of five environmentalist organizations, “Krste Jon", „Areal", „Enhalon" and „Green Centre" from Struga, together with the Macedonian Green Centre from Skopje, addressed the President, Government and the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia in an open letter, to express their concern over the activities that the local authorities in the city of Struga have undertaken along the coastline of the Ohrid Lake, directly endangering the coastal zone.

24.08.2006 Environmental Equity and Justice Partnership (EEJP) is now inviting applications from eligible grassroots organizations and individuals working in India to apply for its Environmental Small Grants (ESG) and Environmental Fellowships (EF) program. The last date for submitting applications is 15 October 2006.

23.08.2006 Pretstavnicite na pet ekoloski organizacii od Makedonija se obratija do Pretsedatelot, Vladata i Sobranieto na Republika Makedonija so otvoreno pismo vo koe ja i iskazuvaat svojata griza za aktivnostite koi lokalnite vlasti vo gradot, Sovetot i Gradonacalnikot na opstina Struga gi prevzemaat dolz bregovata linija na Ohridskoto Ezero i direktno ja zagrozuvaat ezerskata krajbrezna zona.

23.08.2006 Zelena akcija, nevladina udruga za zaštitu okoliša, u suradnji sa međunarodnom mrežom udruga za zaštitu okoliša Friends of the Earth organiziraju ljetnu kampanju protiv klimatskih promjena pod nazivom “MOJA OSOBNA PONUDA ZA SPAS KLIME”.

22.08.2006 The year 2006 has been declared as the International Year for Deserts and Desertification. As awareness about this environmental hazard spreads, the desertification process itself has gathered dangerous momentum. In a report by Lester Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute, countries all over the world are rapidly losing the battle against desertification.

21.08.2006 Jyväskylässä järjestettiin lauantaina MM-ralleja kritisoiva kadunvaltaus vapaan ja autottoman keskustan puolesta. Kadulla nähtiin noin 150 ihmistä, musiikkia, tanssia, capoeiraa, jonglöörausta ja järjestöpöytiä. Jo neljättätoista kertaa ajettu neppisralli saavutti jälleen suuren suosion.

18.08.2006 Sábado 9 de septiembre. Liceo Industrial Chileno-Alemán: Dr.Johow 357 (Ñuñoa). participan organizaciones sociales.
Inscripciones de 8 a 9 a.m. en el Liceo.
Organiza RENACE.

18.08.2006 En Conferencia de Prensa el Comité Ambientalista del Valle de Siria presentó los estudios efectuados a 10 personas residentes en las aldeas El Pedernal y Nueva Palo Ralo del municipio de El Porvenir, Francisco Morazán.

14.08.2006 In Cina si espande il deserto settentrionale e sono sempre più violente le tempeste di polvere sollevate dai venti siberiani, che spazzano l’intera Asia settentrionale. In Cina 1,74 milioni di kmq sono già deserti o desertificati: il deserto copre circa il 18% dell’intera Nazione e un altro 4% è in via di desertificazione. Secondo l’Onu, 400 milioni di cinesi vivono in terre minacciate dalla desertificazione. Mentre avanzano i deserti nord occidentali e l’intera Asia settentrionale è colpita dalle tempeste di polvere, nella Mongolia Interna, esperti italiani e cinesi lanciano un innovativo metodo di riforestazione che permette di fermare il deserto - riporta Asianews. "La desertificazione è un problema globale che affligge un quinto della popolazione mondiale in più di 100 paesi” - aveva ricordato il Segretario generale dell'Onu Kofi Annan, nel messaggio diffuso in occasione della “Giornata mondiale per la lotta alla desertificazione e alla siccità”, che si è celebrata lo scorso 17 giugno. Il 2006 è stato proclamato dall'Onu “Anno Internazionale dei Deserti e della Desertificazione”.

11.08.2006 Some 17,000 environmentally minded folk were on hand--and some great green technologies were on display--at this year's Big Green Gathering. Gabrielle Hamm was among them.

11.08.2006 from Worldchanging:
Sustainability should be the national security priority. Terrorism is really a sideshow.

10.08.2006 Violación de la autonomía indígena, afectación de recursos naturales y profanación de sitios sagrados son las principales causas que figurarán en la demanda que interpondrán de manera conjunta la Fuerza Pública de Bribri y la Oficina del Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía (MINAE) de Cahuita.