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IPS News - Environment
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Friday, 09 June 2006 |
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BEIJING, Jun 8 (IPS) - China is claiming a partial victory in slowing the spread of encroaching deserts but has admitted that the centuries-old war to stop the sands eating up farmland will probably never be won completely. |
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Friday, 09 June 2006 |
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BROOKLIN, Canada, Jun 7 (IPS) - Canada's leading scientific society on climate called for urgent government action on climate change at its most recent national conference last week. |
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Thursday, 08 June 2006 |
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BROOKLIN, Canada, Jun 7 (IPS) - Canada's leading scientific society on climate called for urgent government action on climate change at its most
recent national conference last week. |
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Wednesday, 07 June 2006 |
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SANTIAGO, Jun 5 (IPS) - The Pascua Lama gold-mining project in northern Chile threatens one of the richest farming valleys in the region of Coquimbo, which is also the area in the country most heavily affected by desertification. |
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Tuesday, 06 June 2006 |
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LISBON, Jun 5 (IPS) - Portugal is facing catastrophe as it heads down a path marked by rising emissions of greenhouse gases, wasteful use of water, unbridled construction activity and coastal erosion,
environmentalists warn. |
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Tuesday, 06 June 2006 |
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MEXICO CITY, Jun 5 (IPS) - Deserts are advancing in Latin America and the Caribbean, where they already cover some five million square kilometres -- almost a quarter of the region. Although there is concern about this phenomenon, new studies suggest that arid lands also can generate wealth. |
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Tuesday, 06 June 2006 |
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DUBAI, Jun 5 (IPS) - Despite producing nearly 2.5 million barrels of crude oil a day in a region that contributes about 30 per cent of the world's oil output and controls nearly 40 per cent of proven gas resources, the United Arab Emirates is determined to take giant strides on the path towards sustainable development.
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IPS News - Environment
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Tuesday, 06 June 2006 |
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BUENOS AIRES, Jun 5 (IPS) - A broad coalition of environmental organisations in Argentina urged the government Monday to live up to its promise to put environmental questions on the policy agenda, and drew up
a list of suggested sustainable development measures that should be immediately implemented. |
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IPS News - Environment
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Monday, 05 June 2006 |
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NAIROBI, Jun 4 (IPS) - Garissa district, in Kenya's arid and semi-arid North Eastern Province (NEP), is to host national events marking World Environment Day (Jun. 5), which this year focuses on safeguarding drylands, and those who inhabit them.
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IPS News - Environment
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Monday, 05 June 2006 |
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LONDON, Jun 5 (IPS) - The Sahara desert alone can capture enough solar energy to supply all the world's electricity needs and more, a United Nations report says. |
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