Land Use/Forests
Message of Merida: Saving Wild Places Will Save the Planet
By Greg Harman
MÉRIDA, Mexico, November 13, 2009 (ENS) – For the first time in decades, the eggs of endangered sea turtles buried on a small strip of [...]
Land Use/Forests
Land Use/Forests
WILD9: Wilderness and Water Promises in the Land of the Maya
By Greg Harman
MÉRIDA, Mexico, November 10, 2009 (ENS) – Archeologist Richard Hansen, an expert in early Mayan civilization, studies human culture down to the microscopic level. And [...]
Food
Rich Countries Feeding on Poor Countries’ Farmland
By Haider Rizvi
NEW YORK, New York, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – Investors from capital-rich nations that cannot produce enough food for their own consumption are squeezing small [...]
Land Use/Forests
Queensland National Park Handed Back to Aboriginal Owners
KOWANYAMA, Queensland, Australia, October 26, 2009 (ENS) – The historic first return to indigenous owners of an Australian national park in the state of Queensland took place Friday [...]
Land Use/Forests
Bush-era Public Land Mining Regulations Illegal, Lawsuit Claims
WASHINGTON, DC, October 20, 2009 (ENS) – Two Bush-era regulations that relaxed limits on the dumping of mine waste and removed the mining industry’s obligation to compensate the [...]
Land Use/Forests
Conservationists Campaign to Save Alaska’s Bristol Bay From Giant Mine
LOS ANGELES, California, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – The Natural Resources Defense Council is mounting a new campaign to save Alaska’s Bristol Bay, the world’s most productive salmon [...]
Land Use/Forests
Uganda Trees First in Africa to Count as CO2 Emissions Reductions
KAMPALA, Uganda, October 6, 2009 (ENS) Pines and a mix of native African trees will soon cover what is now grassland within Uganda’s Rwoho Central Forest Reserve, [...]
Gov/Politics
‘Show Me’ State Governor Showcases State Parks
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, October 5, 2009 (ENS) – Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has a new project in the works – to restart the state’s declining tourism industry by [...]
Land Use/Forests
U.S. Forest Service Plans for California National Forests Ruled Illegal
SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 2, 2009 (ENS) – U.S. Forest Service management plans for four Southern California national forests do not adequately protect those forests’ wildest landscapes, a [...]