Stories about Environment from July, 2006
Reunion: Volcano Eruption
From Reunion, Jean-Paul at Dijoux.re writes (Fr):”It is the first eruption of the year. Of the two lava flows registered at the beginning of the eruption, one stopped and the...
Reunion: Volcano Eruption
Reunion Passion writes (Fr): “Le Piton de la Fournaise started erupting at the end of the night of July 20 at 4 am. According to information from the volcano observatory,...
French-Speaking Bloggers on Rabat Conference on Migration
What Will the Conference Bring? Says France-based African blogger Le Pangolin, Du 10 au 11 juillet 2006, s'est tenue à Rabat au Maroc, la première rencontre interministérielle euro-africaine sur les...
Taiwan: ghost month
July in the Chinese Lunar Calendar is the ghost month. In Taiwan, municipalities are searching for ways to reduce the air pollution from thousands of people burning ghost money at...
Barbados: Keeping the cotton at home
Linda Thompkins reports on Exclusive Caribbean Cotton Inc's plans to process Barbados's home-grown Sea Island cotton — “one of the most valuable and pricey cotton varieties” — at home instead...
Russia: Caterpillar Armor in Chechen Village
David McDuff of A Step At A Time translates an article about Russian army's caterpillar armor now moving through a Chechen village.
Russia: Failure to Join WTO
Sean Guillory of Sean's Russia Blog writes on why Russia hasn't joined the WTO.
Tanzania: Organic wine company
Timbuktu Chronicles discovers a new wine organically produced in Tanzania by a company called Cetawico, which aims to “create employment, stimulate local initiative and develop new agricultural skills.”
Rwanda: Gorillas Without Mist
Guillaume, an ex-pat working in Rwanda, went on a road trip (Fr) to Gisenyi where he visited and took these snapshots of luxury hotel the Kivu Sun and then to...
Big six-O, Brunei in July
15th July, 2006 marks the Sultan of Brunei's 60th birthday. Let the celebrations begin! Nonnie has a post in her blog, Spiritual Garden about Bandar Seri Begawan, the Brunei's capital...
Pakistan: Birds on International Migratory Birds’ Route Number 4
Shirazi on the rendevouz with birds. “Pakistan receives a large number of migratory birds from Europe and Central Asian States every year. These birds spend the winters in Pakistan and...
Armenia: BTC Impact
My 20-Cent Taxi Ride comments on the impact of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which recently opened, on Armenia.
China: Chinese graffiti
Raymondzhou shows how Chinese graffiti is different from Amercian one.
South Korea: Anti-FTA protest
Kotaji blogs about the anti FTA protest in Seoul on July 12. Jamie in Two Koreas has a very detailed account of the raining day demonstration. Another witness report is...
South Korea: peace march
Days in Daechuri has a post on the details of a four days peace march (July 5-July 9) by human rights and peace activists from Blue House (presidential resident in...
Ethiopia: Scale of happiness
Ethiopia has been ranked 144th on a 178-nation survey of happiness ratings, writes Ethioblog. The Happy Planet Index measures life satisfaction, life expectancy and ecological footprint.
Russia: Nuclear Deal With the US
Charlie Ganske of Russia Blog and Vilhelm Konnander look at the US-Russia relationship and the nuclear deal the two countries are likely to make in the near future.
Trinidad & Tobago: World's 2nd worse carbon polluter
Jeremy Taylor's worst fears are realised when he digs beneath the surface of the Trinidad & Tobago government's 20-20 Vision website, “where all the plans for making T&T a “fully...
Nigeria: Power shortages
Black Star Journal picks up on a report in a Nigerian newspaper detailing how many residents of the country's chief oil-producing region, Bayelsa, have little to show for the rape...
Cuba, USA, UK: On Guantánamo, the democracy fund & nuclear power
More lively discussion between Trinidad blogger Jeremy Taylor and his American pal “Roger“, this time about Guantánamo, and Bush's $80 million fund to “boost democracy in Cuba”. And London-based “Kamla”,...
Reunion: chikungunya and environment
Says Dijoux.re regarding (Fr) the chikungunya epidemic plaguing Reunion, “the impact study of the effect of the measures taken to fight the virus on the environment showed that large scale...
