This report is based on a survey of 1,400 people affected by conflict and displacement in eight countries, and more detailed surveys and needs assessment in a total of 14 countries. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) research found that these communities have suffered widespread loss of income since the pandemic …
WB report states how climate change to hit Bangladesh; warns poorest countries to be worst sufferers As a consequence of climate charge, the sea level will rise by up to 3 feet in Bangladesh, where water scarcity and falling crop yields exacerbate hunger and poverty, says a recent report by …
Overfishing and plankton decline may have contributed to collapse of fisheries, risking dire consequences for Caribbean The collapse of sardine fisheries in the southern Caribbean during the past decade may have been driven by global climate change, according to a study. Researchers from the US and Venezuela linked ecological measurements …
To mark the 12th year of its formation, Chhattisgarh began a week-long festival, Rajyotsava, on Thursday. Being held at the new capital, Naya Raipur, the festival was inaugurated by BJP president Nitin Gadkari. It will host Global Investors’ Meet on November 2 and 3. As nearly 400 companies are expected …
New Delhi Reliance is expected to source ultra heavy crude from the Orinoco oil belt The country’s largest private oil and gas explorer, Reliance Industries, signed a 15-year oil supply contract with Venezuela’s state oil company, PDVSA, in Caracas on Tuesday. Venezuela’s Orinoco oil belt is expected to supply up …
We coordinated biogeographical comparisons of the impacts of an exotic invasive tree in its native and non-native ranges with a congeneric comparison in the non-native range. Prosopis juliflora is taxonomically complicated and with P. pallida forms the P. juliflora complex. Thus we sampled P. juliflora in its native Venezuela, and …
New Delhi With investors keen on acquiring land abroad for agriculture and mining, the government has taken the first step to smoothen land acquisitions in Latin American countries. Indian missions in the region have posted a handbook detailing various aspects of land acquisition on their websites. The handbook, prepared by …
Environmentalists have urged PM Manmohan Singh to take lead in ocean protection - an environmental issue that has so far failed to receive focused attention during negotiations and consultations at climate change meetings. For the Rio+20 convention that the PM is slated to address on June 21, the host Brazil …
On May 9, the government of Alberta released a study into the extra carbon emitted by crude produced using oil sands instead of more conventional sources. The study, by a unit of California-based Jacobs Engineering Group, found that emissions from oil-sand crude are just 12 percent higher than from regular …
Ecuadorian plaintiffs in an environmental lawsuit against Chevron Corp. (CVX) said Friday they will soon be able to begin a process in foreign countries to pursue a multibillion-dollar ruling issued by Ecuadorian courts against the U.S. company. Plaintiffs' lawyers have said their strategy to collect the money will include confiscating …
Venezuela will put 1,500 people to work clearing up an oil spill at a river in the east of the country that has forced the authorities to close a water purification plant, the environment minister said on Sunday. Officials say an accident on February 4 ruptured a pipeline carrying crude …
Toronto Canada pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, saying the accord won’t help solve the climate crisis. It dealt a blow to the anti-global warming treaty, which has not been formally renounced by any other country. Environment minister Peter Kent said Monday that Canada is invoking its …
The Canadian government gave Total SA approval on Thursday to start construction on its C$9 billion ($8.9 billion) Joslyn North oil sands project in Alberta, marking the fifth mining development in the vast crude deposit. Total, the French oil major, and its Canadian, U.S. and Japanese partners aim to start …
A flagship green climate fund aimed at channelling billions of dollars to help poor countries tackle global warming has been put on ice at the Durban climate summit as a growing number of countries bicker over how it should work. Wealthy countries have promised to mobilise up to $100bn a …
Eight South American countries pledged Tuesday to boost cooperation to protect one of the planet’s largest natural reserves from deforestation and illegal trafficking in timber and minerals. Representatives of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela gathered in Manaus, northern Brazil, also vowed to speak with one voice …
The family from a nearby village arrived at the small hospital here vomiting and with uncontrollable diarrhea, at first glance maybe a typical case of consuming bad food or water. But the fluid loss was tremendous and unstoppable; two of the three brothers were already near death, and within hours …
Britain has been blamed by environmentalists for seeking to delay attempts by the European Union to penalise oil derived from tar sands. This month the European Commission decided that it would classify such oil as being nearly a quarter more polluting than conventional crude. In order to import such oil, …
The musty jaguar pelts on display at a government office in Buenos Aires are a grim reminder of the big cat's precarious existence in Argentina's northern forests. The Iguazu waterfalls that border Paraguay and Brazil mark what is now the outer limit of the jaguar's range. Just 50 of the …
A World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel has ruled, on September 15, the “dolphin safe” labels used to market tuna in the United States are illegal because they restrict trade. The labels are used to inform consumers that the tuna fish has been caught without harming or killing dolphins. Tuna fishing …
Canada and the European Union are embroiled in a dispute over a key piece of EU climate legislation which Ottawa claims discriminates against one of its key exports—crude from the oil sands of Alberta. At issue is the EU Fuel Quality Directive, which aims to encourage the use of low-carbon …
On January 21, a special ship began laying an undersea fiber-optic cable between Venezuela and Cuba, a connection that will dramatically improve Cuba’s telephone and Internet services. Cuban officials estimate the project carried out by Alcatel-Lucent SA of Paris will cost about US $70 million. Cuba is the only nation …
