Hurricane Floyd left its mark on Costa Rica this week after unleashing torrential rains that flooded many parts of the north and central Pacific basin and left hundreds of people homeless or cut off.

Greenpeace today launched a public campaign to put pressure on the Minister of the Civil House, Pedro Parente, to regulate the Environmental Crimes Law. A regulation proposal was sent by the Minister

A pioneering hotel rating system that officials hope will one day become an internationally-recognized standard for sustainable tourism received an enthusiastic thumbs-up from

steps taken for evacuation : People living downstream of Narmada in Broach district would be evacuated to safer places since its level is rising continuously as a result of heavy rain in the

The US ambassador to India, Richard Celeste, on Thursday called upon industry to adopt modern waste reduction techniques and sound environment management methods at a function following the

The first flight carrying food to thousands of starving East Timorese refugees left Darwin today, a United Nations spokesman said. UN humanitarian coordinator Ross Mountain said an Australian air

Typhoon York wreaked havoc at sea and on land yesterday day as hurricane-force winds and floods lashed the territory. A Hong Kong Government Flying Service helicopter was sent out at 11.30am to

Australia will unilaterally implement strict new rules to require foreign vessels to manage ballast water so as not to introduce exotic pests into its waters, Federal Agriculture Minister Warren

The heart of Hurricane Floyd raked across the mainland at Cape Fear Thursday morning, uprooting beach houses and leaving widespread floods as it set a rapid but steadily weakening

The World Bank today warned that globalisation without decentralisation of power could lead to "civil and ethnic strife and disintegration" of States and lauded India's efforts towards what it called