Natural Resources
- Mon Apr 16 2007
Report blames World Bank for illegal logging in Congo
International logging companies are causing social chaos and wreaking environmental havoc according to a new report by Greenpeace. The World Bank, by far the largest donor to the DRC, has fostered this destruction as the rainforest is being sold off under the illusion that it will alleviate poverty.
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Natural Resources
- Wed Mar 21 2007
Water day: key development goals stagnating
Halfway to 2015, the year when the globally agreed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are supposed to be reached, the crisis in water and sanitation as well as in water resources management remains among the great human development and environmental challenges.
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Natural Resources
- Mon Mar 19 2007
Thirstier world likely to see more violence
A strong link between droughts and violent civil conflicts in the developing world bodes ill for an increasingly thirsty world, say scientists, who warn that drought-related conflicts are expected to multiply with advancing climate change.
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Natural Resources
- Thu Feb 22 2007
WRM bulletin 115
Latest bulletin by the World Rainforest Movement (WRM) with articles on the recent World Social Forum in Nairobi, how communities are afected by deforestation and monoculture tree plantations, the use of carbon sinks to tackle climate change and the world's biofuel rush.
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Natural Resources
- Fri Feb 16 2007
Making every drop count
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns that two-thirds of the world's population may be facing "water stress conditions" by 2025. Water scarcity, already an issue for 1.1 billion people worldwide, is worsening due to poor resource management and increased usage, especially in agriculture.
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Natural Resources
- Fri Feb 16 2007
Cote d'ivoire: company settles over toxic waste scandal
The Dutch-based multinational Trafigura has agreed to pay the equivalent of US $198 million to the Cote d’Ivoire government in a settlement over a toxic waste scandal. In exchange, Ivorian officials have agreed to abandon legal action against the company.
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Sustainable Development
/Natural Resources
- Mon Feb 05 2007
Colombia's palm oil biodiesel push
Megaprojects to produce biofuels purport to be a solution to the oil addiction. But have the people proposing such alternatives even stopped to consider their potential impact on ecosystems, communities, and cultures?
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Natural Resources
- Fri Jan 19 2007
Water activists to launch pan-African network against privatisation at WSF
A pan-African network to counter water privatisation will be launched at the World Social Forum (WSF) in Nairobi, Kenya, which takes place from 20-25 January.
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Natural Resources
- Thu Dec 07 2006
The case against Texaco in Ecuador
At the last minute, ChevronTexaco asked to suspend the plaintiffs’ inspections of contaminated sites in the historic case against the North American oil company for contamination in the Ecuadorian rainforest.
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Natural Resources
- Thu Dec 07 2006
Stepped-up battle against Andean gold mine
Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold Corp. is facing a stepped-up international campaign against its Pascua Lama gold mine project on the border between Chile and Argentina, high up in the Andes Mountains.
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