Natural Disasters

The real Hunger Games': a million children at risk as Sahel region suffers punishing drought

The UN warns that a million children in Africa's Sahel region face malnutrition due to drought in region.

Publication Date: 
11/05/2012
Environment News Network
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Drought, Natural Disasters, Africa, Malnutrition, Children, UNICEF, Poverty, Livestock, World Food Programme (WFP)
Wildlife

Ivory demand could see African elephant wiped out

A soaring demand for ivory in China and the Far East is putting Africa's elephant population under strain and could see the creatures wiped out altogether by poachers in some countries, conservatio

Publication Date: 
11/05/2012
Daily News (Sri Lanka)
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Wildlife, Poaching, Elephant, Illegal Trade, China, Africa, Japan, CITES, European Union (EU), Hunting
Energy

IFC funds SunEdison’s solar projects

Solar energy services provider SunEdison announced on Thursday that International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will provide Rs 75 crore (around $14.5 million) equity

Publication Date: 
11/05/2012
Business Line (New Delhi)
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Power Industry, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, World Bank, Finance, South Asia, Africa, Green House Gases
Health

Infection causes one in six new cancer cases

Largely preventable or treatable infections with viruses, bacteria and parasites cause about two million new cancer cases and 1.5 million cancer deaths each year, said a study published yesterday.

Publication Date: 
10/05/2012
Daily News (Sri Lanka)
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Cancer, Health, Hepatitis, Infectious Diseases, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Women
Health

One in 6 cancers caused by preventable infection: Study

One in every six cancers is caused by an infection that is preventable or treatable, according to a study conducted by researchers at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in France.

Publication Date: 
10/05/2012
Indian Express (New Delhi)
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Cancer, Health Care, Health, Medical Research, Africa, Hepatitis
Poverty

Development project touts health victory

For villagers in Mwandama, Malawi, visiting a health worker used to mean a daunting 40-kilometre round trip on foot. So the medical centre that was built in the area as part of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) last year has improved their quality of life — and their health. Research published this week suggests that the MVP has significantly reduced infant mortality at sites across Africa.

Publication Date: 
10/05/2012
Natasha Gilbert
Nature
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Poverty, Rural Development, Health Care, Africa, Malawi, Information, Infant mortality, Food Security, Education
Poverty

With transparency comes trust

International development experts say that the Millennium Villages Project's claims of progress should be interpreted with caution. (Editorial)

Publication Date: 
10/05/2012
Nature
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Poverty, Health Care, Africa, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food Security, Sustainable Development, Child Health, Information, Ghana
Wildlife

 Supreme Court stalls Centre’s plan to reintroduce cheetahs in India

The Supreme Court has stayed the Centre’s ambitious cheetah re-introduction project. The project initiated by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests in 2010 aimed to bring the cheetah, which became extinct from India’s forests in 1952, back to the country.

Publication Date: 
08/05/2012
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
Down to Earth
Tags:
Wildlife, Supreme Court, Palpur-Kuno SA, Relocation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Endangered Species, Madhya Pradesh, Africa, Imports, Lion, Gir NP, Gujarat
Climate Change

U.N. to rule on carbon offsets from coal plants

The main U.N.-appointed panel that regulates supply of global carbon offsets could this week decide whether to approve rules that would lead to the award of millions of CO2 credits to coal-fired po

Publication Date: 
08/05/2012
Reuters
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Climate Change, Carbon Offset, Carbon Dioxide, Thermal Power Plants, Energy, Developing Countries, UNFCCC, Certified Emission Reduction, India, China, Coal, Energy Efficiency, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Africa
Agriculture

"Green bullet" innovations aim to feed world of 9 billion

In flood-hit fields in the Philippines, farmers are testing a hardy new variety of rice that can survive completely submerged for more than two weeks.

Publication Date: 
02/05/2012
Laurie Goering
Reuters
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Rice, Agriculture, Philippines, Floods, Kenya, India, Food Security, Climate Change, IPCC, Subsidies, Green Revolution, Africa, Drought, Natural Disasters, Asia, Andhra Pradesh, Irrigation, Food Supply, China, Carbon Dioxide, Sea Level Rise, Maize, Wheat, Food Crops, Biofuel

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