Environment

Particles from fossil fuels 'affect the growth of corals'

Soot and other particulates have slowed the growth of coral off Belize and Panama

Publication Date: 
08/04/2013
BBC (UK)
Tags:
Fossil Fuels, Air Pollution, Corals, Aerosols, Environment, Panama, Belize, Developing Countries, Indonesia
Climate Change

Rising seas prompt Panama's islanders to move inland

Every rainy season, the Guna people living on the Panamanian white sand archipelago of San Blas brace themselves for waves gushing into their tiny mud-floor huts.

Publication Date: 
03/11/2012
Age (Australia)
Tags:
Panama, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Global Warming, Sea Level Rise, Corals
Environment

Tribunal seeks response over Mumbai oil spill

NEW DELHI, 10 JUNE: The National Green Tribunal has sought replies from the Centre and the owner of Panama-flagged cargo vessel MV Rak, which sank off Mumbai coast last year, on a plea for compensa

Publication Date: 
11/06/2012
Statesman (New Delhi)
Tags:
Oil Pollution, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Hazardous Waste, Shipping, Environment, Panama, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Thermal Power Plants, Gujarat, Coal, Raigad, Compensation, Marine Ecosystems, Ecology, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Natural Disasters

6.6 magnitude quake off Panama's Pacific Coast

A 6.6 magnitude struck off the Pacific coast of Panama on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Publication Date: 
04/06/2012
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Tsunami, Panama
Environment

Ecuadorian Plaintiffs In Chevron Case Plan To Pursue Ruling

Ecuadorian plaintiffs in an environmental lawsuit against Chevron Corp.

Publication Date: 
03/03/2012
Asian Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong)
Tags:
Ecuador, United States Of America (US), Environment, Court, Oil, Compensation, Ecosystems, Panama, Venezuela, Pollution
Health

Evidence-based guidelines for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in low- and middle-income countries: Summary of WHO recommendations

Mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders are highly prevalent and are responsible for 14% of the global burden of disease expressed in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The resources that have been provided in countries to tackle the huge burden are insufficient, inequitably distributed, and inefficiently used, which results in a large majority of people with these disorders receiving no care at all. Even when available, treatment and care often is neither evidence-based nor of high quality.

Publication Date: 
15/11/2011
Tarun Dua, Corrado Barbui, Nicolas Clark & et al
PLoS Medicine
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11
1-11
Tags:
Mental Health, Narcotics, Alcoholism, Health Effects, WHO, Health Policy, Health Care, Global, Ethiopia, Jordan, Nigeria, Panama, Developing Countries
Forests

Landscapes, legibility, and conservation planning: multiple representations of forest use in Panama

In recent years, conservationists have increasingly used satellite imagery based analyses for planning. We used forest plots and satellite image analysis to study the same landscape of forests used and managed by Wounaan indigenous peoples in eastern Panama.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2010
J. Velsquez Runk, Gervacio Ortz Negra, Leonardo Pea Conquista & et al
Conservation Letters
3
3
167
Tags:
Forests, Land Use, Forest Conservation, Tribals, Remote Sensing, Panama, Conservation Letters, J. Velsquez Runk, Gervacio Ortz Negra, Leonardo Pea Conquista & et al
Wildlife

2,800 species on endangered list

A rare tree frog found only in central Panama could soon croak its last, as deforestation and infection push the species toward extinction, an environmental group said on Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
04/11/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Endangered Species, Wildlife, Amphibians, Frogs, Panama
Biodiversity

Protecting traditional knowledge from the grassroots up

For indigenous peoples round the world, traditional knowledge based on natural resources such as medicinal herbs forms the core of culture and identity. But this wealth of knowledge is under pressure. Indigenous communities are increasingly

Publication Date: 
01/06/2009
IIED
Tags:
People, Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Kenya, China, Panama, Peru, India
Biodiversity

Carbon and biodiversity: a demonstration atlas

This atlas demonstrates the potential for spatial analyses to identify areas that are high in both carbon and biodiversity. Such areas will be of interest to countries that wish to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from land use change and simultaneously
conserve biodiversity.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
UNEP
Tags:
Ecosystems, Forests, Atlas, Deforestation, Carbon Capture and Storage, Protected Area Conservation, Biodiversity, Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Asia, Vietnam, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Bolivia

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