Stories about Environment from November, 2006
Tahiti: Artisanal Fair
Fenua Blog posts pictures of an annual crafts fair taking place in Tahiti and writes (Fr): “The Artisanal Fair opened its doors in Paofai. As it does every year, it regroups all the artisans from the 5 archipelagos. You can find almost all of the crafts of French Polynesia.”
China: modern peasants
Lyn Jeffery in virtual China introduces two peasant websites in China. Both sites are rather visible on net.
East Timor: Coffee Industry
Diligence in his post titled The coffee report describes the Coffee Industry in East Timor. Coffee contributes to about 90% of East Timor's export earnings.
Russia: More Alarming Changes
Alex(ei) of The Russian Dilettante's Weblog writes that a “a former KGB colleague of Putin” will likely be appointed as head of “Gazprom's oil-producing arm, Gazpromneft.” Also, Russian legislators are introducing a law according to which “candidates may no longer engage in personal criticism of their opponents. Ridiculous as it...
Africa: most negelected technology
Electricity is the most neglected technology in Africa, writes Africa Unchained in Electrifying Africa.
Magascar: Do We Deserve Global Award 2006?
At Madagascar Croissance, Aiky is happy (Fr) that Madagascar improved its image and that of its environment in the past couple of years leading to the country receiving the Global Award this year. However, the blogger wonders whether the award is indeed deserved given the endurance of certain problematic environmental...
Serbia: Environmental Protests
As Serbia marks the 10th anniversary of the 1996 election fraud protests, Belgrade 2.0 reports on protests taking place in the capital now: residents of the town of Pancevo are rallying against the local filterless petrochemical plant.
Philippines: Toxic trade with Japan
Last September 9, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi signed the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement or JPEPA in Helsinki, Finland during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-Europe meeting. According to Manila Standard Today: “The JPEPA provides that almost 95 percent of Philippine exports to Japan...
Armenia: Yerevan Air Quality
Christian Garbis reports that Yerevan's air quality is significantly decreasing and says that natural gas rather than gasoline for fueling is necessary to improve the city's air quality.
Serbia: Kosovo's Energy Problems
Wu Wei reports on Kosovo's energy problems.
Voices from Zimbabwe
It has been a busy two weeks in Zimbabwe. The major headline out of Zimbabwe over the last two weeks was the submission to President Mugabe of a vision document drawn up by Zimbabwe's churchleaders titled “The Zimbabwe We Want: Towards A National Vision for Zimbabwe“. Kubatana Blogs has a...
Taiwan: Gravel
Michael Turton has a very well written post about Taiwan's development and environment in term of gravel supply.
Latin America: Friday Poll Numbers
A diverse set of Latin America's poll numbers this week from Boz including Transparency International's annual survey on perceptions of corruption. Also, Chavez up by 20 points in Venezuela and approval ratings of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Peruvian President Alan Garcia.
Belize: La Ruta Maya River Challenge
The Belize Jungle Dome Adventure Travel and Vacations blog highlights the 10th annual La Ruta Maya River Challenge, “Belize's most competitive sporting event. . . also one of the country's largest collaborative conservation efforts.”
Armenia: Corruption & the Environment
Onnik Krikorian publishes a letter explaining how official corruption damages Armenia's natural environment.
Corporate Social Responsibility: The blogosphere reacts
If you missed the live webcast of Reuters’ Corporate Social Responsible panel yesterday, you can click here to view the full-length archived video. Stephen Frost live-blogged it on the CSR Asia blog. We had a sizeable group of bloggers from a range of countries on the live IRC chat –...
Nigeria: remembering Ken Saro Wiwa
Ken Saro Wiwa is remembered today: “It is important to note that the militancy that is taking place in the Niger Delta today has evolved out of the original non-violent struggle begun by Ken Saro Wiwa and the Ogoni people in 1990 and the failure of successive Nigerian regimes together...
Flood in Burkina Faso, Power supply in Ghana and an Idyllic Transfer of Power Turned Sour
Under the acacias blogs about a recent flood in Burkina Faso – Update on Gorom-Gorom flood and emergency aid: The Broken Dam I went to see the dam on Wednesday. It is about 1km long, mostly built of stone and mud, with a cement spillway in the centre. It is...
Barbados: Water crisis
Barbados Free Press posts the first in a series of article on the country's water crisis.
Tanzania: Samsung's investment
Tanzania In Focus discusses Samsung's economic interests in Tanzania.
Ukraine: Utility Prices to Go Up
Foreign Notes writes about what awaits Ukrainians starting Dec. 1: “This winter Ukrainians are being hit with massive price increases – a doubling and more of their housing-communal-services tariffs and utility charges.”
