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ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Thorns in the Booming Cut-Rose Industry (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-04-2007 at 02:00:51
| BANGALORE, Dec 4 (IPS/IFEJ) - The atmosphere looks sleepy: four women inside a
plastic-covered shed, or greenhouse, quietly tending neat rows of
rosebeds; two more walk leisurely about the premises, carrying
buckets of bright-hued roses on cut stems. |
ENVIRONMENT-ASIA: 'Talking Dirty' on Sanitation Can Save Lives (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-04-2007 at 04:00:46
| BEPPU, Japan, Dec 4 (IPS) - Although 2.6 billion people in the world --
two-thirds of whom are in southern or eastern Asia -- are living
without access to basic sanitation, the issue has been a poor
cousin to water supply in terms of visibility and financing.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Bangladesh Takes Its Trauma to Bali (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-04-2007 at 07:00:49
| DHAKA, Dec 4 (IPS) - Bangladesh sees in the United Nations climate
change conference, currently underway on the Indonesian resort
island of Bali, an opportunity to remind the world of its special
vulnerability. |
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Co-operation and Investment a Defence Against Floods (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-04-2007 at 11:00:43
| CAPE TOWN, Dec 4 (IPS) - To prevent, monitor and manage floods in the
Zambezi River Basin -- and reduce the number of flood victims --
regional governments and parties involved in the water sector
urgently need to adopt a more proactive approach, experts said
during the third Zambezi Basinwide Stakeholders Forum, held
recently in Victoria Falls, northern Zimbabwe. |
CLIMATE CHANGE: Washington in the Crosshairs (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 12-04-2007 at 12:00:46
| BANGKOK, Dec 4 (IPS) - The U.S. government of President George W. Bush is
heading for a rough ride during a major international conference
about the planet's future that began this week on the
Indonesian resort island of Bali. |
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