Media

Animal rights activists are up in arms over a Halloween contest in New York which offers customers free entry if they eat a live Madagascar hissing cockroach. The People for the Ethical

Publication Date:

14/11/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20061115

pp:

0

Tags:

Animal Cruelty, AIDS, Wildlife, Insects, Media, Cinema, Awards, United States Of America (US), India, New York

Environment

New atlas containing 100 environmental hotspots of the world

Environmental Hotspots

Publication Date:

30/10/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Media, UNEP, Internet

Wildlife

NEWS SNIPPETS

Footage of Australian naturalist Steve Irwin's death will never be broadcast, his widow Terri has said in her first interview since his death in early September. "What purpose would that

Publication Date:

30/10/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20061031

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Religious Beliefs, Wildlife, Media, Personalities, Australia, Vehicular Pollution

Economy

ILO says economic growth leads to longer working hours in Asia

Employment

Publication Date:

29/09/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Economy, Unemployment, Media, Asia, Globalisation

Industry

Comic film on workings of big business tobacco industry

Smoking

Publication Date:

29/09/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Health Effects, Smoking, Industry, Media, Cinema

Wildlife

NEWS SNIPPETS

The Chinese government has postponed an auction that would have allowed foreign companies to bid for licences to hunt wild animals following a public backlash. The auction would have allowed

Publication Date:

14/09/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20060915

pp:

0

Tags:

Wildlife, Media, China

Environment