Italy

G8, developing countries launch Potsdam Initiative

in a recent meet in Germany's Potsdam city on March 16-17, 2007, g8 countries and five other major developing countries agreed to launch the Potsdam Initiative aimed at preventing biodiversity loss

Publication Date:

29/04/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Climate Change, Biodiversity, International Cooperation, South Africa, China, France, Italy, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, India, Developing Countries

Water Pollution

Cars off the road in Italy

More than 130 cities in northern Italy, including Milan and Verona, banned car traffic for several hours on the last Sunday of February. In Milan, the ban was for two consecutive Sundays.

Publication Date:

30/03/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Public Transport, Car Free Days, Italy

Environment

Green houses

The Italian government has decreed that starting July 2007, new and old buildings being put on sale will need energy-saving certificates. The initiative is part of the government's efforts to cut

Publication Date:

14/11/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20061115

pp:

0

Tags:

Habitat, Architecture, Legislation, Italy

Transport

ONLINE

www.devcomm.org/worldbank/public.asp DEVELOPMENTTALK The first World Congress on Communication for Development (WCCD) will take place from October 25-27, 2006, in Rome, Italy. Organised by

Publication Date:

14/10/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20061015

pp:

0

Tags:

Development, Information, Media, Public Participation, Governance, FAO, World Bank, Italy

India

Migratory birds fly flu free

Rome meet says poultry and unregulated trade cause spread of avian flu

Publication Date:

29/06/2006

Author(s): Padmaparna Ghosh

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Poultry, Epidemics, Birds, Migratory Species, Research, FAO, Africa, Asia, Europe, Italy

Industry

In short

netting laws flouted: Italian fisherfolk continue to flout the European ban on use of driftnets. A recent report points to loopholes in the Italian law as one the main reasons for this. The report

Publication Date:

14/01/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

14

Issue:

20060115

pp:

0

Tags:

Soft Drinks, Coca Cola, Water Quality, Urban Water Supply, Fisherfolk, Compensation, Human Rights, Italy, Colombia

Industry

the 200 million global consumers of aspartame, a sweetener, could be at high risk of contracting cancer, claims a recent study. Conducted by researchers from Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center of the European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences, a non-governmental organisation in Italy, the study shows the sweetener can cause cancer in rats at levels approved for human consumption. This is the first experimental study to link aspartame to cancer and is scheduled for publication in Environmental Health Perspectives.

Publication Date:

30/12/2005

Author(s): Vibha Varshney

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Cancer, Medical Research, Carcinogenicity, Italy

Environment

Not through this valley

November 16, 2005, saw the Alpine valley of Susa grinding to a halt to protest a proposed high-speed railway line from Turin in Italy to the French city of Lyon. The main concern of the valley

Publication Date:

14/12/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

14

Issue:

20051215

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Asbestos, Italy

Agriculture