Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Mussel power spearheads upliftment on Wild Coast (South Africa)
11-Apr-2006: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- A UNIQUE mussel re-seeding and food gardens’ project is rolling along quietly in the Wild Coast com ... more
Mbotyi, Wild Coast Heartland of beauty -- and disputes (South Africa)
10-Apr-2006: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- BEYOND all human machinations, the beauty of Pondoland took hold. ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Pit latrines threaten groundwater in Eastern Cape
28-Mar-2006: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- CONTAMINATION of groundwater supplies is threatening the health of communities in informal settleme ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Mega-reserve will benefit community (South Africa)
23-Mar-2006: HOW well can you know a place? ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape "Return water" irrigation innovation set to be rolled out (South Africa)
23-Mar-2006: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- THE Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has launched an innovative project to irrigate the Port Elizabe ... more
Mexico DOS VISIONES DIFERENTES (Central America)
18-Mar-2006: Por: Federico Meléndez Valdelamar --- Dos hechos de gran significación histórica coinciden este año en México. La celebración del IV Foro Mundial del ... more
FORO MUNDIAL DEL AQUA - Fomento de una cultura de agua (Central America)
17-Mar-2006: Por FEDERICO MELÉNDEZ VALDELAMAR --- Desde el 16 al 22 de marzo del presente año, la ciudad de México es la >anfitriona del IV Foro Mundial del Agua. ... more
Mexico Water - a child's view (Central America)
17-Mar-2006: Tales of water - Water for the generations of tomorrow is one of the most important issue’s of today. Children from all over the world speak their min ... more
Geneva The Current Uncertainty Must Not Harm Victims (Western Europe)
14-Mar-2006: Juan Gasparini et Carole Vann - InfoSud --- In New York, the U.N. member states must decide, sometime before Wednesday, upon the fate of the Human Rig ... more
Geneva Spotlight falls on human rights in Geneva (Western Europe)
14-Mar-2006: Frédéric Burnand - swissinfo --- The festival opens with a film about the founder of the Red Cross, Henri Dunant, played by Thomas Jouannet ... more
Geneva Commission halts amid human rights deadlock (Western Europe)
14-Mar-2006: Adam Beaumont and Frederic Burnand for Human Roghts Tribune 2006 --- The Geneva-based Human Rights Commission has suspended its annual session for a w ... more
Geneva IRAN: the long march towards emancipation (Western Europe)
14-Mar-2006: Claire Doole (InfoSud) --- “You can not bring democracy from outside”, says Iranian poet Reza Baraheni in an interview with InfoSud. ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Wilderness concept exported to UK
09-Mar-2006: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- THE Eastern Cape’s “invisible export” of re-creating and managing wilderness is making waves in Sco ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Artificial reef mooted in exciting beach front upgrade (South Africa)
27-Feb-2006: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- THE recent visit by Kiwi artificial reef pioneer Dr Shaw Mead raises exciting possibilities for the ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Landmark conference plans looking good; mystery of the humpback whale calf solved (South Africa)
10-Feb-2006: Guy Rogers of The Herald --- A US science delegation has praised the “unique enthusiasm” from local service providers and government officials alike, ... more
Anchorage Mainstream biodiversity, SA urges congress (Polar Regions)
06-Feb-2006: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- SOUTH African presidential spokesman Murphy Morobe called yesterday (Sept 30 2005) for biodiversity protection to ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Minister puts the science back into politics
01-Feb-2006: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- THE best thing that came out of last week’s Elephant Science Round Table in Cape Town is that our e ... more
World Environment News
25-Jan-2006: 'World Environment News' is copyright (c) Planet Ark 2005 All headlines are copyright (c) Reuters 2005 ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape From Pondoland to St Francis: community plus environment the key
20-Jan-2006: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- ONE of the most elegant and forthright speeches on the proposal to build a highway through the Pond ... more
Montreal Scientists Ponder on Climate Change (North America)
05-Dec-2005: By Singy Hanyona in Montreal-Canada for planets-voice.org --- The first ever meeting of the 156 Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, an international rule b ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Game farms row raises key issues (South Africa)
01-Dec-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald --- LAND Affairs MEC Gugile Nkwinti’s statement in his opinion piece in The Herald this week about “usurping a people’s land” ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Water partnership tackles aliens (South Africa)
18-Nov-2005: OUT at Maitland, good things are happening. ... more
Lusaka COMESA Launches Regional Approach to Biotechnology (Central Africa)
04-Nov-2005: By Singy Hanyona for planets-voice.org --- The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), is working towards a regional position on bio ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Alaska asks the question: the Knik Glacier, social models, the 8th World Wilderness Congress (Polar Regions)
03-Nov-2005: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- WHEN Frank the pilot couldn’t get our radio to work, I got nervous. ... more
Lusaka COMESA Launches Regional Approach to Biotechnology (Central Africa)
24-Oct-2005: The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), is working towards a regional position on biotechnology and biosafety policy in its region ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape SA and Costa Rica outline their "greenprints" (South Africa)
20-Oct-2005: Guy Rogers --- THREE weeks ago, on the other side of the world, a South African leader made a very important speech. ... more
Anchorage, Alaska From Alaska to the Karoo: Player outlines new dream project (North America,Polar Regions)
20-Oct-2005: Guy Rogers in Anchorage, Alaska --- WILDERNESS pioneer Dr Ian Player has unveiled a landmark plan to build an “African Dream Centre” in the Karoo. ... more
Anchorage, Alaska First wilderness on private land launched in Latin America (Polar Regions)
20-Oct-2005: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- THE first designated wilderness area in Latin America was declared yesterday (oct 3)here at the 8th World Wildern ... more
Anchorage, Alaska Wilderness project aimed at benefiting AIDS victims launched (Polar Regions)
20-Oct-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald --- A LANDMARK Port Elizabeth-based project with the vision of a roll-out across Africa, aimed at "harnessing the healing pow ... more
Geneva Long Distance Sustainability Studies (Western Europe)
13-Oct-2005: Jim Rudolf for planets-voice.org --- For people past their "university years," there aren't many opportunities for further education in the field of S ... more
Geneva Comment écouter l’écho des anciens…
13-Oct-2005: Myrna Sultan for planets-voice.org --- Un projet d’aménagement genevois se propose de mettre les personnes âgées au centre de leurs préoccupations. ... more
Geneva Information Technology Organizations Getting Serious About Social Responsibility
12-Oct-2005: By Jim Rudolf & Keya Acharya for planets-voice.org --- Is it a big heart or clever marketing? More and more companies are interested in corporate soci ... more
Geneva Is sustainable development a luxury ? (Western Europe)
12-Oct-2005: Myrna Sultan for planets-voice.org --- Is sustainable development a luxury? Paul Van der Pol from the city of Tilburg is certain “Sustainable urban de ... more
Auroville. Auroville: An evolutionary approach to Sustainable Urban Development. (Western Europe,South Asia)
12-Oct-2005: Pierre-Alain Parini for planets-voice.org --- Auroville is offering a model which, beyond encompassing a vision, strives in expressing a lifestyle in ... more
Genève Developing cities and villages: Local consensus is the trick
12-Oct-2005: By Corine Schouten for planets-voice.org --- Involving all stakeholders in the development of cities and villages is essential for success. But how do ... more
Geneva World Leaders Call for New Ideas and Financial Backing for Urban Planning for Cities (Western Europe)
11-Oct-2005: By Keya Acharya at s-dev in Geneva for planets-voice.org --- UN leaders, regional authorities from the Council of Europe, a coalition of 46 European c ... more
Geneva Egyptian Company Offers New Technology for Generating Power from Heavy Traffic Zones (Western Europe)
11-Oct-2005: By Keya Acharya at s-dev in Geneva for planets-voice.org --- An Egyptian firm presents a novel method of turning traffic density into electricity gene ... more
Geneva Mettre en scène des villes aimables (Western Europe)
11-Oct-2005: Louisette Gouverne for planets-voice.org --- « La dimension culturelle est le quatrième pilier du développement durable », affirme le promoteur du con ... more
Geneva A Pioneering Flight (Western Europe)
11-Oct-2005: By Louisette Gouverne - A solar-propelled plane: a more attractive and tangible notion of sustainable development ... more
Genève L'envol des pionniers (Western Europe)
11-Oct-2005: Par Louisette Gouverne --- Un avion à propulsion solaire pour rendre plus séduisant et plus palpable le concept de développement durable. ... more
Anchorage, Alaska Wilderness congress calls for urgent clarity, EIA for Zimbabwe farming project (North America)
08-Oct-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- THE 8th World Wilderness Congress meeting here in Anchorage, Alaska has called on the Zimbabwean go ... more
The 8th World Wilderness Congress in Anchorage, Alaska Wild Coast biosphere project aired (North America)
08-Oct-2005: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org - SOUTH Africa's East Cape Parks Board has announced an ambitious plan here to expand protected areas on the Wild Coa ... more
Anchorage, Alaska Save the Earth, honour justice, delegates urged
05-Oct-2005: Guy Rogers at the 8th World Wilderness Congress for planets-voice.org ---WITH all the pressures of development facing government decision-makers and ... more
Anchorage, Alaska Tackle politics, wilderness delegates urged (North America)
04-Oct-2005: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- CONSERVATION is a lost cause unless we can change the way we do politics. ... more
North America, San Francisco Katrina Casts Spotlight on Global Warming Research (North America)
28-Sep-2005: By Li Miao Lovett, planets-voice.org correspondent --- While no specific hurricane can be attributed to global warming, Katrina’s destruction on the G ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Heed Katrina's message, wetlands' group urges (North America,South Africa)
24-Sep-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- US President George Bush says he wants to know what went wrong in the handling of hurricane Katrina ... more
North America - San Francisco Katrina Casts Spotlight on Global Warming Research (North America)
20-Sep-2005: By Li Miao Lovett, planets-voice.org correspondent for North America --- While no specific hurricane can be attributed to global warming, Katrina’s de ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Community key to land in a bubble (South Africa)
15-Sep-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- I DROPPED in one evening at Bar Monserrat after a long day at the Palacio. ... more
Lusaka WWF Launches Project to Conserve Miombo Ecoregion (South Africa)
12-Sep-2005: By Singy Hanyona for planets-voice.org --- The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Southern Africa has called on people living in the Miombo Ecoregion ... more
Lusaka Southern Africa Develops Biodiversity Strategy (Central Africa)
02-Sep-2005: Singy Hanyona for planets-voice.org --- The Southern Africa Development community (SADC) is developing a regional Biodiversity Strategy that will help ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Cuba just the ticket for Zuma (South Africa)
27-Aug-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- DID you know, Jacob Zuma loves Cuban music? ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Coega smelter: Have we done our homework?
27-Jul-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- ONE of the important environmental aspects of the proposed Coega aluminium smelter relates to the s ... more
London News Bulletin 27-07-2005 (Western Europe)
27-Jul-2005: This bulletin is sent out every working weekday before 13:00 GMT/UTC from InterWorld Radio ... more
Beijing China’s Two-Headed Dragon – Taming the impact of economic growth on the environment (East Asia and Pacific)
27-Jul-2005: By Li Miao Lovett, planets-voice.org reporter --- China’s booming economy extracts a heavy price on the environment. The government is attempting to a ... more
London News Bulletin 26-07-2005 (Western Europe)
26-Jul-2005: This bulletin is sent out every working weekday before 13:00 GMT/UTC from InterWorld Radio ... more
London News Bulletin 25-07-2005 (Western Europe)
25-Jul-2005: This bulletin is sent out every working weekday before 13:00 GMT/UTC from InterWorld Radio ... more
London News Bulletin 22-07-2005 (Western Europe)
22-Jul-2005: This bulletin is sent out every working weekday before 13:00 GMT/UTC from InterWorld Radio ... more
Lusaka Zambia's Tonga People Reveal their Environmental Testimonies (Central Africa)
20-Jul-2005: By Singy Hanyona for planets-voice.org --- Testimonies and memories of the Tonga speaking people of the Gwembe Valley remain vivid 48 years after the ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Auction joint venture brings success (South Africa)
04-Jul-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- THE Kirkwood Wildlife Auction, cornerstone this year as in years past of the Kirkwood Wildlife Fest ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Knowledge of traditional plant use must be recorded (South Africa)
03-Jul-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- KNOWLEDGE of traditional use of indigenous plants must be urgently documented before it is lost, th ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape New manifesto calls for ethical hunting (South Africa)
24-Jun-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- THE Eastern Cape branch of the Wildlife and Environment Society has drafted a landmark manifesto ai ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Longliner hoves to after albatross kill (South Africa)
22-Jun-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- NORBERT Klages fingered long-line fishing when we asked him about the albatrosses -- and it looks l ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Rare vulture sighting signals conservation boom (South Africa)
15-Jun-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- A WHITE-headed vulture, normally confined to the north of the country, has appeared at Schotia Saf ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Endangered frog threatened by vlei development (South Africa)
15-Jun-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- ONE of the many good reasons why the Chade Manor development should not be allowed to encroach on P ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Eastern Cape farmers must be ready for climate change (South Africa)
14-Jun-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- EASTERN Cape farmers must be ready to adapt to changes in temperature and rainfall patterns, the Cl ... more
San Francisco World Environment Day Calls for 'Green Cities' (North America)
06-Jun-2005: By Li Miao Lovett planets-voice.org US corrspondent --- World Environment Day kicked off with opening ceremonies June 2nd in San Francisco, bringing ... more
Lusaka African Bank Pumps in $5 Million into Lake Tanganyika Biodiversity (Central Africa)
03-Jun-2005: By Singy Hanyona for planets-voice.org --- The African Development Bank (ADF) has approved a multi-million dollar facility that will help rationalize ... more
London InterWorld Radio News Bulletin 20-05-2005 (Western Europe)
21-May-2005: InterWorld Radio/pv - This bulletin is sent out every working weekday before 13:00 GMT/UTC from InterWorld Radio, the daily news and features service ... more
New York Declines in Biodiversity threaten development goals –Findings of Biodiversity Synthesis presented to coincide with International Day for Biological Diversity (North America)
20-May-2005: CBD/wri/pv --- Earth’s species – their variety and numbers –are declining faster than ever, threatening the well-being of humans today and in the futu ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Putting what the EC has to offer on the tourism map
19-May-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- OUR metro tourism team has drawn up an exciting draft concept intended to link us up with the blue ... more
Lusaka The GM Debate : Who Decides? (Central Africa)
13-May-2005: By Singy Hanyona for planets-voice.org --- A regional information and communication organization, Panos Southern Africa, has released a ground breakin ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape SA should capitalise on its great water basics (South Africa)
06-May-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- WHEN the Land of the Rising Sun offers financial assistance – it really pulls out all the stops. ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape New plan proposed for Madiba Bay (South Africa)
22-Apr-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- INSTEAD of a stylised leisure park, what about transforming Driftsands and the Cape Recife-Sardinia ... more
Berne BOIS TROPICAL - Les Penan dénoncent à Berne le "déboisement durable" de leur territoire (Western Europe)
20-Apr-2005: Par Daniel Wermus, infosud --- Les indigènes défendus par Bruno Manser manifestent à Berne où se réunit l’Organisation internationale des bois tropica ... more
Lusaka Illegal GM Maize Contaminates Exports (Central Africa)
19-Apr-2005: By Singy Hanyona --- A huge scandal concerning undetected transgenic maize has broken out and become even more shocking as details emerge about the sc ... more
Shocking levels of dioxin contamination found near proposed EU-funded waste site in Bulgaria (Central and Eastern Europe)
14-Apr-2005: CEE Bankwatch/pv --- A study of free-range chicken eggs produced in the village of Kovachevo in the Stara Zagora region of Bulgaria has revealed evide ... more
Sao Carlos engine plant introduces innovative process to treat industrial waster water
10-Apr-2005: Released by VW --- There may be an abundance of it where we live, but it is a scarce resource in many countries and regions of the world – water. The ... more
North America, San Francisco States, Regional Groups Chart Course for Clean Energy (North America)
25-Mar-2005: By Li Miao Lovett --- Part V of the U.S. energy policy story: State governments are taking steps toward a brighter energy future. While 18 states have ... more
Sellafield British Nuclear Fuels plc: A World First for Sellafield (Western Europe)
25-Mar-2005: (bnf press release/pv) --- In a world-leading decommissioning project, engineers at Sellafield have pumped hundreds of cubic metres of radioactive was ... more
Lusaka Water still Luxury for Zambia's Rural Poor (Central Africa)
24-Mar-2005: Singy Hanyona for planets-voice.org --- WATER STILL LUXURY FOR ZAMBIA’S RURAL POOR ALTHOUGH ... as the Country is Hit by DroughtZambia joined the rest ... more
Port Elizabeth/Paris Young EC scientists take up the challenge (Western Europe,South Africa)
24-Mar-2005: Guy Rogers of The Herald for planets-voice.org --- WE CANNOT protect what we do not love, and we cannot love what we do not know. ... more
New Delhi/Stockholm Indian Environmental Organisation (CSE) Wins 2005 Stockholm Water Prize (Northern Europe,South Asia)
22-Mar-2005: siwi/pv --- The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in New Delhi, an influential Indian non-governmental organisation led by Ms.Sunita Narain, a ... more
Southeast Asia Living in a thirsty world (East Asia and Pacific)
19-Mar-2005: By Imelda Visaya-Abano for planets-voice.org --- The United Nations General Assembly at its 58th session in December 2003 agreed to proclaim the years ... more
Paris Bilan des activités d'Aguas del Illimani (Suez) en Bolivie (South America,Western Europe)
15-Mar-2005: planets-voice.org/CNW (press release) ---A l'occasion de la présentation des comptes de SUEZ le 10 mars 2005, Jean-Louis Chaussade, Directeur Général ... more
Paris LA CHARTE : ET APRES ? (Western Europe)
15-Mar-2005: (actu environnement) Chronique de Corinne Lepage --- La promulgation au Journal Officiel de la Charte de l'environnement a été présentée comme une gr ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Green fishing event a success (but still many questions) (South Africa)
11-Mar-2005: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- THERE were 1199 fish (weighing 9590kg) caught during the Sedgewick’s SA Shore Angling Championship near Port Eliz ... more
Brussels ASSURANCES SOUGHT AFTER DEATH THREAT IN BULGARIA (Western Europe,Central and Eastern Europe)
08-Mar-2005: (FOE Press release/planets-voice.org) --- Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace International, and CEE Bankwatch Network have asked the Bulgarian G ... more
Taipei Reef protection needed in Taiwan: expert (East Asia and Pacific)
08-Mar-2005: By Chiu Yu-Tzu, Taipei-Times Staff Reporter and planets-voice.org correspondent --- UNDER THREAT: The coral reef in Cape Tofu in Ilan County is a pri ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Protocol move a reason for all to rejoice
24-Feb-2005: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- VIVA February 16, viva! ... more
North America -- San Francisco Market Forces May Lift U.S. Out of Inertia on Global Warming
24-Feb-2005: By Li Miao Lovett --- Part IV of the U.S. energy policy story: The evidence of global warming mounts with melting ice caps, record-setting temperature ... more
Nairobi Environment Ministers Discuss Tsunami Disaster (Central Africa)
23-Feb-2005: By Singy Hanyona in Nairobi-Kenya for planets-voice.org --- AROUND 70 Environment Ministers from all over the world are meeting in Kenya’s capital- N ... more
Nairobi Experts Link Malaria to Environmental Degradation (Central Africa)
22-Feb-2005: By Singy Hanyona in Nairobi-Kenya for planets-voice.org --- A Zambian woman from Kalingalinga compound in the capital-Lusaka is languishing on the bed ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Urgent need for a new fuel source (South Africa)
16-Feb-2005: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- THERE was a wonderful quote that came out of a TV interview about four years ago just after Eskom identified Koeb ... more
Stumble on mine in Kopacki rit (Central and Eastern Europe)
15-Feb-2005: By Ljiljanka Mitos-Svoboda for planets-voice.org (Translated by: Martina Fabij) --- Croatian Demining Center (HRC) has sent out a map of mining suspic ... more
Porto Alegre Six American Corporations Linked to Iraq War (South America)
31-Jan-2005: Singy Hanyona at Porto Alegre, Brazil, for planets-voice.org --- Top-Six (6) American companies have been named as having sponsored or financed the "w ... more
Porto Alegre Calls for a United Nations Charter on Water (South America)
29-Jan-2005: Singy Hanyona in Porto Alegre, Brazil, for planets-voice.org --- "We want to hear from public opinion on whether the best way to go is to have a Unite ... more
Porto Alegre World Social Forum Discuss Zimbabwean Crisis (South America)
29-Jan-2005: Singy Hanyona in Porto Alegre, Brazil, for planets-voice.org --- The stifling of civil society organizations is a recipe for weakening of democratic i ... more
Porto Alegre Another World is Possible, Without Child Trafficking (South America)
29-Jan-2005: Singy Hanyona in Porto Alegre, Brazil, for planets-voice.org --- HUMANISTS, radicals and social activists are battling it out to include children as a ... more
Porto Alegre Global Campaign launched against poverty (South America)
28-Jan-2005: By Singy Hanyona in Porto Alegre, Brazil, for planets-voice.org--- The Global call to Action Against Poverty (G-CAP) has been launched with a clarion ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Concern over land use in metro (South Africa)
27-Jan-2005: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- TUNNELS for vegies, not a brick-making factory, is what’s intended for the latest block of cleared land at Seavie ... more
Porto Alegre Emergence of new technologies raise eye-brows at World (South America)
26-Jan-2005: By Singy Hanyona in Porto Alegre-Brazil for planets-voice --- While scientists and researchers are still battling with the issue of genetic engineeri ... more
Porto Alegre Face of Tsunami Disaster Brings in Debt Issue (South America)
26-Jan-2005: By Singy Hanyona in Porto-Alegre-Brazil for planets-voice.org --- In the face of the Tsunami disaster that hit several Asian, and African countries, d ... more
Kobe SUMMARY OF THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON DISASTER REDUCTION: (East Asia and Pacific)
25-Jan-2005: IISD --- The UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) was held from 18-22 January 2005, at the Portopia Hotel, in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japa ... more
Kobe KOBE La Suisse prône une "culture du risque" (Western Europe)
25-Jan-2005: infoSud --- Le savoir-faire helvétique est très demandé à la conférence de Kobe sur la prévention des catastrophes. La Suisse, qui présente l’expérien ... more
Lausanne TSUNAMI - Pour un système d'alerte mondial contre l'indifférence (Western Europe)
25-Jan-2005: (InfoSud) --- Après le tsunami, que va-t-il rester à long terme de la formidable émotion planétaire qui a jailli, mise en scène par les médias? Des jo ... more
North America, San Francisco Industry Polluters Breathe Easier Under Bush (North America)
24-Jan-2005: By Li Miao Lovett --- Part III of the U.S. energy policy story: Major U.S. laws protecting human health and the environment are being rewritten by the ... more
Porto Alegre Preparations at World Social Forum Heats Up (South America)
24-Jan-2005: By Singy Hanyona in Porto Alegre, Brazil --- THE mood is heating up and momentum gaining at the 5th World Social Forum (WSF) as delegates make fina ... more
Kobe United Nations Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe Discusses Need for Global Early Warning System (South Asia,East Asia and Pacific)
20-Jan-2005: (UN-Press release/pv-editors) --- The World Conference on Disaster Reduction opened with the goal of reaching agreement on a 10-year global action pla ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Nautilus washed up on E Cape beach (South Africa)
19-Jan-2005: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- FORMER EP angler Ronald van Antwerp's motto that one should always keep one's eyes open when walking along the be ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Was the tsunami a warning?
13-Jan-2005: Guy Rogers for planets-voice --- WAS the tsunami that ripped into South East Asia two weeks ago a natural phenomenon? ... more
Colombo UNICEF says Tamil Tiger rebels recruit tsunami-affected children (South Asia)
13-Jan-2005: By AP/msw/pv --- Tamil Tiger rebels have recruited at least several tsunami-affected children to their ranks, the chief of UNICEF in Sri Lanka said Th ... more
Paris Le gouvernement s'engage à doubler la population d'ours dans les Pyrénées (Western Europe)
13-Jan-2005: AFP --- Le ministre de l'Ecologie Serge Lepeltier s'est engagé jeudi à doubler d'ici trois ans la population d'ours dans les Pyrénées, avec un premier ... more
Nairobi ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES EMERGING FROM WRECKAGE OF ASIAN TSUNAMI (Central Africa,South Asia)
30-Dec-2004: UNEP/pv-editors --- UNEP earmarks US $1 million for environmental needs assessments ... more
Lusaka Zambia drafts its first environmental policy (Central Africa)
29-Dec-2004: By Singy Hanyona for pv --- ZAMBIA has set itself up to February, 2005 to have a final draft of the environmental policy, the document which has been ... more
Lusaka Corruption in dam industry (Central Africa)
29-Dec-2004: By Singy Hanyona for pv --- The dam building industry deserves more scrutiny by prosecutors and the media. Public works and the power industry are per ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Wonderful suburban eco-mystery (South Africa)
23-Dec-2004: By Guy Rogers, pv-correspondent in South Africa --- TO THE delight of my children, last week a crab appeared in our swimming pool. ... more
Lusaka African Farmers Movement Wage War Against GMOs (Central Africa)
22-Dec-2004: African Farmers Movement Wage War Against GMOs By Singy Hanyona A regional farmers Association in east, central and southern Africa has called on go ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Disabled folk regain access to SA beaches (South Africa)
20-Dec-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- IT WAS great to get a call this week from Alexandria from a reader wanting to know more about Friday’s amendment ... more
North America -- San Francisco Where There's the Will to Drill - U.S. Energy Policy on Public Lands, part II
14-Dec-2004: By Li Miao Lovett --- Part II of the U.S. energy policy story examines the politics and the players on both sides of the energy debate. Who stands to ... more
BBC News, Buenos Aires US rules out joining Kyoto treaty (South America,Western Europe)
08-Dec-2004: By Elizabeth Blunt The US has told a UN conference on global warming that it has no intention of re-joining international efforts to cut greenhouse ... more
London UK 'failing on greenhouse gases' (Western Europe)
08-Dec-2004: (BBC-News) --- UK targets to cut greenhouse gases are now unlikely to be met, the government is set to admit on Wednesday. Friends of the Earth says ... more
Bogota 'GM cocaine grown in Colombia' (South America)
08-Dec-2004: (BBC-News) --- Some Colombian drug growers are using genetically modified coca "trees" to boost cocaine production dramatically, government officials ... more
Lusaka Zambia Bans Fishing Activities (Central Africa)
02-Dec-2004: By Singy Hanyona for planets-vice.org --- THE Zambian government has with immediate effect banned all fishing activities in the country, until March, ... more
North America -- San Francisco Where There's the Will to Drill - U.S. Energy Policy on Public Lands, part I (North America)
01-Dec-2004: By Li Miao Lovett --- The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, dubbed "America's Serengeti," is targeted for oil and gas development along with millions o ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Taking the right road: picnic spots to Pondoland (South Africa)
25-Nov-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- ONE of my favourite things in life is pulling into a road-side picnic spot: the sudden stillness as you switch of ... more
Lancement de CO2solidaire.org - un nouvel outil pour la protection du climat (Western Europe)
25-Nov-2004: msw/pv --- Le transport aérien est responsable chaque année de l’émission de quelques 600 millions de tonnes de CO2. CO2solidaire.org propose aux par ... more
Lusaka Witchcraft at Zambezi River Source (Central Africa)
23-Nov-2004: Singy Hanyona for planets-voice.org --- SUSPICION of witchcraft is hanging in the air at the source of the waters of the great Zambezi river at Kalene ... more
Lusaka Victoria Falls Risk Losing its Biodiversity (Central Africa)
23-Nov-2004: Singy Hanyona for planets-voice.org --- The proposed lighting of the Victoria Falls by the Zambian government might lead to the world’s seventh wonder ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Partnerships the golden thread in EC environment debate (South Africa)
11-Nov-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- ONE of the most interesting ideas that in-coming East Cape Tourism Board CEO Glenton de Kock mentioned to me in o ... more
Patancheru, Hyderabad ICRISAT Scientists Play Host To GM Technology (South Asia)
05-Nov-2004: By Keya Acharya for planets-voice.org --- Amidst negative media reports worldwide on GM crops, now it's the turn of international agricultural scienti ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Gearing up to apply exciting new land-use programme (South Africa)
29-Oct-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- SEVERAL key events have happened in the conservation arena in the Eastern Cape in the past two weeks, and there’s ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape South Africa tackles climate change (South Africa)
15-Oct-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- THE government has unveiled an historic new “framework for action” to combat the predicted onset this century of ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Plant destruction renews anger at illegal grazing (South Africa)
15-Oct-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- THE metro looks set to take legal action against a Sherwood stock owner who has been grazing his animal illegally ... more
Les criquets pèlerins envahissent l’Afrique. On aurait pu éviter la catastrophe (North Africa,Central Africa,South Africa)
01-Oct-2004: by infosud --- planets-voice.org partner agency --- Désormais inéluctable, la lutte chimique est à nouveau engagée contre les criquets pèlerins en Afr ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Stock farming threatens our drinking water (South Africa)
30-Sep-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- IF YOU thought the concerns raised in the Herald recently about the grave dangers of livestock farming in our wat ... more
Komdomo, Eastern Cape Premier hails "new model" conservation project (South Africa)
23-Sep-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- THE Baviaanskloof World Heritage Site is the symbol of “a new struggle in the Eastern Cape”, Premier Nosimo Bali ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Net closes on yellowwoods poacher (South Africa)
16-Sep-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- THE Baviaans yellowwood suspected poaching drama has picked up speed again with a visit by a carbon dating expert ... more
The Wilderness, Southern Cape Celebrate your wild side (South Africa)
16-Sep-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- SWINGING down a cliff face, leaping into icy mountain pools or ambling through the forest on horseback - The Wild ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Red tape rules as stock farming threatens city's water (South Africa)
16-Sep-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- ALMOST three years after a top-level metro report calling for immediate action, municipal staff are still grazing ... more
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria The youth of the world meet in Alexandria to promote environment, peace and culture
08-Sep-2004: (PRESS RELEASE) On Saturday September 11th 2004 around 500 teenagers from Egypt and the rest of the world will gather in Alexandria for the Third Glob ... more
The Wilderness, Southern Cape Die Groot Krokodil returns to Nature (South Africa)
08-Sep-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- AMONG the most prominent residents of The Wilderness is former President PW Botha, who we managed to interview o ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape The path to a cure, out in The Wilderness (South Africa)
08-Sep-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- STEFFI Williams of Eden Adventures, a medicinal plant guide in The Wilderness, learned his skills fetching plants ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Complaint heats up canned lion hunting debate again (South Africa)
03-Sep-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- CONCERNS raised by a British tourist about a local wildlife enterprise have sparked heated new debate about ecoto ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Young Eastern Cape scientist returns from Arctic adventure (South Africa)
19-Aug-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice --- A YOUNG member of the SA Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB) in Grahamstown has returned from the sub-Antarctic ... more
Lusaka Zambia Develops Biosafety Legislation (Central Africa)
17-Aug-2004: Singy Hanyona for planets-voice --- The Zambian government has developed a law that will take care of the unwarranted proliferation of genetically mod ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Nature lovers can have a whale of a time off PE (South Africa)
30-Jul-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- IT’S whale-watching season again, and one of the best ways to see these friendly giants in Algoa Bay is with the ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Decent sanitation at last for township school (South Africa)
29-Jul-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- TIRELESS efforts from teachers and community leaders, and a promise kept by the education department, has resulte ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Bold maritime plan stepping up a gear (South Africa)
19-Jul-2004: By Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- AN INSPIRATIONAL US- Port Elizabeth partnership launched two years ago, is set to step up a gear next week wit ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Eastern Cape jewel part of new World Heritage Site (South Africa)
06-Jul-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- THE Cape Floral Kingdom, the fynbos wonderland spanning the eastern and western Cape, was installed yesterday (Ju ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Peace Park launched in Port Elizabeth (South Africa)
06-Jul-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- THE first phase of a R2,4-million metro project has been launched to build “a fully-fledged park like St George’s ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Build parks to boost quality of life in our metro
01-Jul-2004: By Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- I WAS diagnosed a year ago with adult onset asthma and, having always prided myself on being a fit sort of cha ... more
Budapest A fairer, healthier and safer future for our children (Western Europe)
25-Jun-2004: By Alexandru R. Savulescu in Budapest for planets-voice.org --- Results of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in Europe ... more
Budapest New environmental magazine seeks truth (Western Europe)
24-Jun-2004: By Alexandru R. Savulescu in Budapest for planets-voice.org --- The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe launched its new quar ... more
Budapest Honoloko - raising children's awareness about health and environment (Western Europe)
24-Jun-2004: By Alexandru R. Savulescu in Budapest for planets-voice.org --- WHO/Europe and EEA jointly developed a computer game for children, addressing the issu ... more
Barcelone Vers un droit universel à l’eau, l'étape de Barcelone (Western Europe)
24-Jun-2004: (...) --- La deuxième Assemblée Mondiale des Sages pour l’Eau s'est réunie pour la deuxième fois dans le cadre des Dialogues sur l'Eau du Forum Uni ... more
Szentendre Transport: public vs. private (Western Europe)
23-Jun-2004: By Alexandru R. Savulescu in Budapest for planets-voice.org --- Cars cause to the state 7 times more costs than revenues, claims a Hungarian environme ... more
Budapest Environment & Health: Myths & Realities (Western Europe)
23-Jun-2004: By Alexandru R. Savulescu in Budapest for planets-voice.org --- Launched in conjunction with the Budapest Business Journal on the occasion of the Four ... more
Budapest Budapest ministerial conference: Shaping a safer future for children (Western Europe)
22-Jun-2004: By Alexandru R. Savulescu in Budapest for planets-voice.org --- Launched before the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, taking pl ... more
Lusaka Invasive species threatens Lake Tanganyika (Central Africa)
18-Jun-2004: By Singy Hanyona for planets-voice.org --- The destructive water hyacinth is amongst a number of equatic invasive species that is threatening the biod ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape New octopus fishery probed in South Africa (South Africa)
17-Jun-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- IT’S funny how things stay with you. In 1987 I went back-packing through Europe and one day I was wandering down ... more
Lusaka Zambia to Consult Prostitutes on Environmental Policy (Central Africa)
15-Jun-2004: By Singy Hanyona for planets-voice.org --- As Zambia continue to grapple with the impacts of HIV/AIDS on the environment, environmentalists and stakeh ... more
World The looming global water crisis
14-Jun-2004: The most pressing challenge facing the global population over the course of the next century is the water crisis, according to the Asian Development B ... more
El-Monofiya Governorate The Nile and its People: (North Africa,Central Africa,South Africa)
06-Jun-2004: (by IOL for planets-voice) --- The River Nile has been Egypt ’s ‘vein of life’ since time immemorial. Now facing a variety of threats ranging from Bi ... more
Bonn International Conference for Renewable Energies (Day 3) (Western Europe)
04-Jun-2004: The Ministerial segment of renewables 2004 began on Thursday. Speeches were given by Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, ... more
Bonn Erneuerbare Energiezukunft beginnt in Bonn (Western Europe)
04-Jun-2004: (msw/planets-voice) ---Mit einer 10-Punkte Erklaerung zum Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien endete heute die Bonner Energiekonferenz. 4 Tage lang hatte ... more
Copenhagen Energy subsidies in the European Union: A brief overview
04-Jun-2004: (eea) --- This report synthesises data from a range of sources to estimate the size of subsidies to the energy sector in the 15 pre-2004 Member State ... more
Bonn International Conference for Renewable Energies (Day 2) (Western Europe)
03-Jun-2004: (iisd) --- Renewables 2004 opened on Tuesday, 1 June, in Bonn, Germany. In the morning, participants heard opening statements, followed by a Multi-Sta ... more
Bonn International Conference for Renewable Energies (Day 2) (Western Europe)
03-Jun-2004: The second day of renewables 2004 began with a Plenary session on policies for renewable energy market development, focusing on electricity, heat and ... more
Bonn Schroeder Calls Oil-Price Surge Risk to World Economy (Western Europe)
03-Jun-2004: (Bloomberg) --- German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said the continuing rise in oil prices threatens an economic recovery in Europe and other industri ... more
Bonn Deutscher Bundespraesident Johannes Rau eroeffnet Woche der Umwelt in Bonn (Western Europe)
03-Jun-2004: (msw/planets-voice) --- Als Parallelveranstaltung zur internationalen Konferenz ueber erneuerbare Energien eroeffnete Bundespraesident Rau am 2. Juni ... more
Uganda Gives in to GM Food Production (Central Africa)
03-Jun-2004: By Singy Hanyona for planets-voice.org --- The pressure to develop GM crops in African countries continues with Bt maize in Kenya and genetically modi ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Hyenas settle back into the E Cape at Addo
03-Jun-2004: (Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org) --- ONE of Africa’s archetypal species, a slope- backed warrior of the bush with a lunatic whoop, is back in reside ... more
Lusaka IUCN to Present Red List of Threatened Species
02-Jun-2004: By Singy Hanyona for planets-voice.org --- The Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) will present its findings from ... more
Bonn INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGIES (Day 1) (Western Europe)
01-Jun-2004: (iisd-canada) --- The International Conference for Renewable Energies (renewables 2004) opens today at the International Congress Center in Bonn, Germ ... more
Bonn Creating the Climate for Change
01-Jun-2004: By Klaus Toepfer ---United Nations Under-Secretary General Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme The world is currently focused ... more
Bonn Im Zeichen der Sonnenblume (Western Europe)
01-Jun-2004: (msw/planets-voice) --- Unter dem Zeichen wachsender Spannung im Nahen Osten und steigender Rohoelpreise wurde die internationale Konferenz ueber erne ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Mining lease signed without consultation (South Africa)
20-May-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- SOUTH Africa is a third world country, and the fact that Australian law would prevent a mining company from carry ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape To grow a new culture, invest in community (South Africa)
07-May-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- IF it was going to be done anyway, I don’t think it would have been a bad thing at all for every ratepayer, white ... more
New York Poor People Ready to Pay More Tax to Get Clean Water (North America)
30-Apr-2004: By Joe Ageyo in New York for planets-voice.org - More than three billion people globally would not mind paying extra taxes to get drinking water, acco ... more
Taipei Earth Day: In loving the Earth, talk is often cheap (East Asia and Pacific)
23-Apr-2004: Yu-Tz Chiu for planets-voice.org --- NEW CONCEPTS: The DPP may be a reformist party, but NGO heads say it has dragged its feet in government on enviro ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Coega spawns power grid monster
22-Apr-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- THE first fall-out from the Coega industrial development zone (IDZ) has appeared in the form of a proposed monste ... more
New York Sustainable Development:Tough Challenges as World Leaders meet in New York (North America)
21-Apr-2004: By Joe Ageyo in New York for planets-voice.org --- The UN Commission monitoring the progress made in achieving sustainable development in the world is ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Unblock creativity for new eco-vision (South Africa)
13-Apr-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- RIGHT now, South Africa has a dependency syndrome. Even the poorest folk used to build innovative structures usin ... more
Copenhagen Exploring the ancillary benefits of the Kyoto Protocol for air pollution in Europe (Western Europe)
13-Apr-2004: (EEA/planets-voice) --- This report explores the potential ancillary benefits for air pollution - in terms of reductions in pollutant emissions and c ... more
Washington World Bank Institute's Governance and Anti-Corruption newsletter (North America)
09-Apr-2004: (WBI/planets-voice.org) --- The current edition of the World Bank Institute's Governance and Anti-Corruption newsletter highlights upcoming and recent ... more
Bhubaneswar Charge of the green brigade in Orissa forests (South Asia)
09-Apr-2004: By Jatindra Dash --- They don green caps and scarves and roam the forests in their free time, looking out for hunters. ... more
Montpellier The SYFIA Headlines april 6, 2004
07-Apr-2004: (Syfia/planets-voice.org) --- DOSSIER AFRIQUE DU SUD - Les élections générales (législatives et provinciales) auront lieu le mercredi 14 avril en Afri ... more
Copenhagen New survey: Nordic industry positive to REACH (Western Europe)
25-Mar-2004: msw/planets-voice --- Industrial organisations in the Nordic countries are generally neutral or even in favour of REACH, - the European Commissions&# ... more
Port Elizabeth Hope for the future rooted in lessons from the past (South Africa)
25-Mar-2004: By Guy Rogers for planets-voice --- ROOTS & Shoots, the eco-outreach programme sweeping the world, has come to the Eastern Cape. ... more
Mangalore, Karnataka; Basel Solar Power Lights Up A Rural District in India (South Asia)
13-Mar-2004: By Keya Acharya for planets-voice.org --- Solar initiatives in India receive greater awareness through indirect assitance from UNEP ... more
Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad No Cats Amongst the Pigeons For Genetically Modified Pigeonpea in India (South Asia)
12-Mar-2004: By Keya Acharya for planets-voice.org --- The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT), based in the southern city o ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Aliens retreating as bio-battle intensifies (South Africa)
11-Mar-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- Two tiny imports from Down Under are wreaking havoc on the exotic vegetation in the western region of the Eastern ... more
Paris Reporters Without Borders ordered to pay 6,000 euros to Korda's heir over use of Che photo
11-Mar-2004: (rsf) --- Reporters Without Borders voiced relief at being ordered today by a Paris court to pay only 6,000 euros to Diane Diaz Lopez, the heir of Cub ... more
Paris French Government Accused of Lacking Nuclear Crisis Plan (Western Europe)
11-Mar-2004: (planetark) --- The French government is under pressure to work out a crisis plan for coping with any major radioactive leak from a nuclear accident o ... more
Rome WILD BIRDS SHOULD NOT BE KILLED TO FIGHT BIRD FLU SAYS UN AGENCY (Western Europe)
02-Mar-2004: By Zoya Skoropadenko for planets-voice.org --- Eliminating wild birds is not an appropriate measure to control the spread of the avian influenza vir ... more
CAMBRIDGE/BANGKOK MAPPING THE MYSTERIOUS LIVES OF MARINE TURTLES (Western Europe,East Asia and Pacific)
02-Mar-2004: By Zoya Skoropadenko for planets-voice.org --- The first comprehensive online system to map the nesting and migrating habitats of endangered sea turtl ... more
Canal Danube - Black Sea, Kyiv INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS OF RAMSAR CONVENTION AND UNESCO FOUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CANAL DANUBE-BLACK SEA THROUGH BYSTRE MOUTH THE WORST CHOICE (Central and Eastern Europe)
02-Mar-2004: By Zoya Skoropadenko for planets-voice.org --- The announcement of the experts report was preceded by the decision of the Commercial Court of Kyiv. Th ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Protected trees felled in Baviaanskloof "carnage" (South Africa)
26-Feb-2004: By Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- AN environmental mystery story is unfolding in a remote corner of the Baviaanskloof, around the alleged illega ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Hippo wrangle sparks call for innovation (South Africa)
17-Feb-2004: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- A WANDERING hippo with a penchant for flattening fences is at the centre of a costly dispute between two landowne ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Wetland partnership sparks African Renaissance (South Africa)
12-Feb-2004: By Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- WHEN you hear water in a wetland -- it's not a good sign. ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Oz in Addo tackles key lion study (South Africa)
30-Jan-2004: By Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- AN AUSTRALIAN ecologist has started work in the Addo Elephant National Park, studying the effect of the introd ... more
Africa: The New Frontier for the Genetic Engineering (North Africa,Central Africa,South Africa)
22-Jan-2004: By Singy Hanyona vor planets-voice.org --- In recognition of Africa's agricultural, environmental and socio-economic needs, African countries have led ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Tourism partnership feeds hungry children
15-Jan-2004: By Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- ONE man's environment is another man'ss ghetto. But it doesn't have to be like that. ... more
Taipei Disaster areas rebuilt naturally (East Asia and Pacific)
14-Jan-2004: By Yu-Tzu Chiu for Taipei Times and planets-voice.org --- RECONSTRUCTION: Ecological engineering methods are being used to rebuild areas that collapse ... more
A Lake Besieged…How Fresh are its Fresh Waters? (Central Africa)
11-Jan-2004: By Wanzala Bahati Justus for IOL and planets-voice.org --- Lake Victoria is the world's second largest freshwater resource. The Lake's basin supplies ... more
Kerala Inde : Coca Cola perd le procès de l'eau (South Asia)
11-Jan-2004: By planets-voice.org partner agency infosud --- Un tribunal du Kerala a interdit à la multinationale d'utiliser gratuitement les nappes d'eau potable ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape NGO calls for probe into Transkei toll road project (South Africa)
02-Jan-2004: By Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- THE Endangered Wildlife Trust has called on Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Valli Moosa to launch a ... more
Vilkovo Canal Danube- Black Sea court decision (Central and Eastern Europe)
17-Dec-2003: By Zoya Skoropadenko for planets-voice.org --- The court decision on the case regarding the withdrawal of straits and internal ponds from the Danube B ... more
Geneva E-mails on Wheels at Info Society Summit (Western Europe)
16-Dec-2003: By Darryl D'Monte for IOL and planets-voice.org --- Every morning, five Honda motorcycles leave Banlung in Cambodia, marking the start of an exciting ... more
A Warming Planet with Closed Eyes (Western Europe)
16-Dec-2003: By IOL for planets-voice.org --- Over 180 delegates are meeting in Milan to discuss evidence for global warming and the prospects for ratification and ... more
Endangered Animals Set to Reinvade the Wilds (East Asia and Pacific)
16-Dec-2003: By IOL for planets-voice.org --- After years in conservation enclosures, an endangered deer and pig found only in the central Philippine islands of Pa ... more
Milan Kyoto Protocol : Ball in hands of Russia (Western Europe)
12-Dec-2003: By planets-voice.org correspondent Singy Hanyona in Milan-Italy --- At the close of the 12 days negotiations on Kyoto Protocol in Milan, delegates hav ... more
Milan Environmental groups call for exclusion of large dams from renewable funds (Western Europe)
11-Dec-2003: By planets-voice.org correspondent Singy Hanyona in Milan-Italy --- It would be counter productive if the aim of eradicating poverty and reducing glo ... more
Milan Scientists differ over impacts of climate change on health (Western Europe)
11-Dec-2003: By planets-voice.org correspondent Singy Hanyona in Milan, Italy --- A leading specialist in malaria disease has disputed claims by agents of the Worl ... more
Milan Ministers Carry Climate baggage at COP 9 (Western Europe)
10-Dec-2003: planets-voice.org correspondent Singy Hanyona in Milan-Italy - The whole world is looking to the Ministers of the 189 countries that are signatories ... more
Milan The Good and Bad Guys in Climate Change (Western Europe)
08-Dec-2003: By planets-voice.org correspondent Singy Hanyona in Milan, Italy --- There are good and bad guys in the politics of climate change; the good guys bein ... more
Milan Environmental groups accuse America of faking global warming (Western Europe)
08-Dec-2003: By planets-voice.org correspondent Singy Hanyona in Milan, Italy --- The Bush Administration is trying to market the same inadequate approach here at ... more
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Cheetah settling in at PE game park (South Africa)
04-Dec-2003: Guy Rogers for planets-voice.org --- THREE cheetah have been introduced for the first time to the popular Kragga Kamma Game Park on the outskirts of P ... more
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