Stories about Environment from March, 2006
Pulse of the Saudi Blogosphere
So, what's the most interesting stuff Saudi bloggers have been talking about in the past seven days? Let's take our weekly tour in the Saudi blogosphere to find out. Aya...
Russia: Reuters and Wall Street Journal Coverage
Charlie Ganske of Russia Blog criticizes Reuters’ coverage of Russia's Middle East policies and responds to Richard Pipes’ Wall Street Journal piece (“emblematic of a deeper problem in how the...
Malaysia: Covering the Fuel Protests
Worried that the local traditional media will ignore the action, bloggers in Malaysia are covering protests against a recent hike in fuel prices. Jeff Ooi at Screenshots is compiling some...
The Week That Was in Bahrain..
While Haitham Sabbah's pledge to add Palestine to Blogger, Yahoo and MSN has met with huge success, Mahmood continues to battle the demons with Mullas against a new Personal Law in Bahrain!
Sri Lanka: The bumper crop
A bumper paddy crop in Sri Lanka may pose marketing problems for farmers – at Janapathi Blog.
DRC: Labika on ” The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”
At Renouveau Congolais, blogger JB Labika summarizes (FR) the entanglements of three strands of influence in the DRC as the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. He talks of the...
Cambodia: Collecting Honey
Maytel 2020 takes pictures of a day collecting honey in Cambodia.
Malaysia: Absence of Choice
Mack Zulkifli at Brand New Malaysian writes about the irony of politicians and bureaucrats telling those hit by recent fuel price increases to “change their lifestyles.” Many politicos have drivers...
Nepal: Infrastructure Crisis
Beyond the political crisis in Nepal, the one of infrastructure is looming large. Blogdai on the crisis of energy and electricity.
Poland: Avian Flu Media Frenzy
The beatroot writes about media frenzy that hit Poland after it had been confirmed that two swans died of avian flu.
Malaysia: Oil Man
KTemoc Konsiders combines an old tale of a 1950s rapist who smeared his body with grease to elude capture (soon to be made into a major motion picture) with contemporary...
Nigeria: Babobab Tree
Timbuktu Chronicles reports on the amazing resource known as the Baobab tree. The tree is a diverse source of food from vitamin C to providing fibre and oil, is drought...
Armenia: Yerevan's Trees
Christian Garbis says that someone needs to do something to stop the cutting of Yerevan's trees.
Malaysia: Oil Price Hike
the news at 10 weighs in on the controversial oil price hike in Malaysia: “The malaysian public has reacted with furore, and have even planned a protest against it. (this...
China: To peg, or not to peg
Sun Bin summarizes a commentary written by Stephen Cheung in the Hong Kong Chinese-language Apple Daily newspaper, which suggests that the Chinese yuan should not be pegged to any foreign...
Russia: Past and Present of Mosselprom
Snowsquare.com writes about the past and present of Mosselprom – the Moscow Association of Establishments for Processing Products of the Agricultural Industry: “[It] became famous for extraordinary advertising, with graphic...
Indonesia: Oil Concession
Yosef Ardi updates us on the struggle between ExxonMobil and Indonesian state oil company Pertamina over rights to operate the Cepu oil and gas field. He fills in some juicy...
Pulse of the Saudi Blogosphere
Different topics were under the spotlight in the Saudi blogosphere during the past week; including terrorist attacks, crash of the stock market, and nationalism. So, let's get started with our...
Ukraine: Less Than A Month Before the Election
Dan McMinn of Orange Ukraine looks at Ukraine's pre-election politics and how it relates to real life (or not).
China: Happiness index
China Digital Times picks up on a report from the official Xinhua News Agency about the introduction of a “happiness index”, which will attempt to measure quality of life for...
Liberia: Deforestation
The Vision reports on the exploitation of forests in Liberia. The new government has established a Forestry Reform Monitoring Committee which consists of local and international civil society groups.
