By Staff WritersNov 17, 2010 Tashkent (AFP) – Uzbekistan Wednesday warned world powers of a looming environmental disaster from Tajikistan’s plan to build a huge hydro-electric dam, in a new show of tensions from the ex-Soviet neighbors. Tashkent also accused Tajikistan’s main aluminum plant, the largest in Central Asia and located near Uzbekistan’s southern border, […]
Baku (AFP) Nov 18, 2010 – The five nations littoral to the Caspian Sea may introduce a five-year ban on sturgeon fishing within the next three months amid falling stocks of the fish famous for producing caviar, Russia said Thursday. The proposal on the moratorium was put forward during a summit of Caspian Sea […]
By Staff WritersNov 18, 2010 Seattle WA (SPX) – The most widely adopted measure for assessing the state of the world’s oceans and fisheries led to inaccurate conclusions in nearly half the ecosystems where it was applied according to new analysis by an international team led by a University of Washington fisheries scientist. “Applied […]
By Laurinda Luffman for SOS ChildrenNov 19, 2010 12:29 PM Over one hundred days since the floods hit Pakistan and families across the country tell their stories how they have been affected by the catastrophe. Over one hundred days have passed since the floods hit Pakistan and families across the country tell their stories how […]
By Pascale TrouillaudNovember 16, 2010 Beijing (AFP) Nov 16, 2010 – Maritime incidents in the East and South China Seas, such as the one that sparked a major row between China and Japan, could intensify in a fight over dwindling fish stocks, experts say. Past incidents have been sparked by regional competition for strategic sea […]
By Peter Foster in Beijing 11:54AM GMT 16 Nov 2010 World leaders must pledge to more than double the numbers of wild tigers in the world by 2022 in order to bring the big cats back from the brink of extinction, conservation groups have said. Leaders from the 13 countries that are still home to […]
By Staff WritersNov 10, 2010 Penang, Malaysia (AFP) Nov 10, 2010 – Overfishing in Southeast Asian seas has left garoupas and sea bass in dire straits, searching for mates on denuded seabeds, according to experts alarmed by ever-declining catches. Marine scientists and fishermen say that popular fish species — especially the large and valuable ones […]
By Staff WritersNov 12, 2010 Beijing (AFP) Nov 12, 2010 – Beijing will collect and melt snow this winter in a bid to quench the water shortage that has plagued the Chinese capital for years, state media reported Friday. Two vehicles with high-powered heaters capable of processing around 100 cubic metres (3,500 cubic feet) of […]
By Shujaat BukhariNovember 15, 2010 SRINAGAR — Most of them who lost their houses on August 5 in the Leh cloudburst are all set to get their shelter by the end of this month as the reconstruction work is going on in full swing. With Prime Minister’s Office monitoring the work on weekly basis, the […]
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis; editing by Alistair Lyon and Janet LawrenceMon Nov 15, 2010 9:32am EST JUB SHAEER, Syria (Reuters) – The ancient Inezi tribe of Syria reared camels in the sandswept lands north of the Euphrates river from the time of the Prophet Mohammad. Now water shortages have consigned that way of life to […]
