Off the logs
Illegal logging has reached the hitherto uncontacted Jururei tribe in the Amazon forests of Brazil. The tribe has only eight to 10 members. It is the second "uncontacted' indigenous group in the area
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In Court
giving up?: Indonesia and US-based mining giant Newmont Mining Corp have agreed for an out of court settlement of the US $133 million civil suit filed by the country's environment ministry
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• Ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan and South Korea, who met recently in Cambodia for their annual talks, failed to fix any concrete energy
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Another crisis walled
China is going to build another
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Fisherfolk kidnapped
The Patharghata Trawler Owners' Association (ptoa) in Bangladesh recently complained that pirates had kidnapped 98 fisherfolk from the Shala canal in the Sundarbans, along with their trawlers. The
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More public good
In a 368-page order, Justice S Radhakrishnan and Justice S C Dharmadhikari struck down the official interpretation of
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Rapu Rapu spill
The Filipino government has imposed a fine on a unit of Lafayette Mining Ltd, Australia, for two cyanide spills that contaminated the water system on Rapu-Rapu island. An initial fine of us $198,000
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Angling spat
For the third time in five years, negotiations on fishing between the European Union (eu) and Tanzania failed because of dissatisfaction with the conditions of the agreement. eu recently rejected
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Papua New Guinea cabinet votes against copper mine
A daily newspaper of Papua New Guinea recently said cabinet members voted to shut down a copper mine situated in the Star mountains. The mine is operated by Ok Tedi Mining Limited. This decision
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Gold mine spills cyanide in Ghana
Following two cyanide spills at the Bogoso-Prestea mines in western Ghana in less than two years, residents of the area and several organisations are now calling for a total audit of all operations
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More oceanic dead zones
The number of oxygen-starved dead zones in the world's oceans has jumped by more than a third in just two years, notes a United Nations Environment Programme (unep) report. The report was recently
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The Marriott's sea lounge
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Weak safeguard
New norms for water in soft drinks
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Snippets
• Thailand's fisherfolk have been hit hard by a recent government order to remove the cap on diesel prices. Many have stopped going to the sea; others are selling their vessels. "In the next
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• Chile should reform its criminal and military justice codes to eliminate provisions that criminalise speech disrespectful of public authorities, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the
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• Two men from Minnesota, USA will attempt the first summertime crossing of the Arctic Ocean, a trek sponsored by the environmental group Greenpeace to show how global warming is melting the
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Carcinogenic Rajnigandha
Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has banned the sale of Rajnigandha brand of pan masala on the ground that it contains magnesium carbonate, a probable carcinogen the sale of which in the
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In Court
Fishing ban: The Supreme Court recently issued a notice to the Union government and some states on a petition filed by Goa Environment Federation, a non-governmental organisation, which sought a ban
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South Asia
Reviving SACEP: At the Ninth Governing Council meeting of the South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) on August 26, 2005, in Thimpu, Bhutan, environment ministers of India, Bhutan,
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REACH Africa s bane
Thabo Mbeki, President, African National Congress, expressed his concerns to the eu regarding its Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (reach) legislation. reach is designed to