Stories about Environment from March, 2008
Environment: Beijing's Green Olympics
From the blog Its Getting Hot in here, we get an answer by a Chinese Professor to the following question on Bejing’s Green Olympics: “What will it take to keep Beijing on the right track once they have finished preparing for the Olympics and the international community is no longer...
Environment: 14 elephants speared in Amboseli, Kenya
Richard Leakey of Wildlife Direct alerts readers to a disturbing occurrence at the Amboseli National Park in Kenya. 14 elephants speared in Amboseli: “…The range of causes of elephant spearing are complex enough — revenge, political protest, self- or crop-protection, delinquency, and, to a lesser extent in Amboseli at least,...
Environment: China's Challenges from pollution to severe storms
Dale Wen, writing on China Dialogue looks at the myth that high income lifestyles in the west come with a clean environment; noting that China needs to rethink its development model The (impossible) American dream: “Exporting pollution” In the past few decades the environmental movement has achieved a number of...
Cuba: Absence of Ads
Circles Robinson says that “Cuba’s policy to live without commercial advertising is clearly one of the things that make it different.”
Poland: Al Gore Awarded
The beatroot writes about Al Gore's recent visit to Warsaw to collect the Confederation of Polish Employers’ award.
Bangladesh: Fighting the cycle of poverty
In this week's roundup we will highlight some of the discussions happening in the Bangladeshi Blogosphere on the issues of Poverty, LGBT and Travel . Poverty: Bangladesh is a developing country and the main problem of this country is overpopulation. It has one of the highest population density among the...
Trinidad & Tobago: Guarding the Guards
Notes from Port of Spain asks: “Who will guard the guards?”
Turkmenistan: A Central Asian Gas Ultimatum
Maciula reports on the ultimatum given to Gazprom – and therefore to the Western consumers – by Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and wonders about its impact on the Central Asian geopolitical situation.
Did the Philippine President Commit Treason?
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo is accused by her critics of approving an anomalous transaction involving the Chinese firm ZTE. But there is a new allegation that the president is guilty of treason as well.
Geospatial Technology and Human Rights
Varena at PingMag interviews Lars Bromley, director of the Geospatial Technologies and Human Rights Project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), who talks about how his group uses geospatial technology to digitally capture atrocities against civilians in Darfur, Zimbabwe, North Korea, the Gaza Strip and Burma.
Iran:Isfahan Bird's Garden
Negha, a photo blogger, has published several photos of birds from “Isfahan bird's garden” in Iran. There are 5000 birds in this garden.
Vietnam: Hamsters as Pets
Vietnam bans hamsters as pets.
Kazakhstan: Pictures from the West
Mikhail is on the road again with his photo-camera, offering a breath-taking set of pictures from Mangyshlak, a mountaneous peninsula on the Caspian Sea, Western Kazakhstan.
China: Nansha Oil Refinery Campus
Buchong visited the planned construction site of an giant oil refinery campus at Nansha, a river mouth peninsular at Zhujiang delta [zh]. The villagers are looking forwarded for the construction, however, the project would result in serious air and water pollution affecting nearby districts, in particular residents in Macau, Hong...
Tajikistan: Hunger to Replace Cold and Darkness
Tajikistan is a small country with big problems. The nation, particularly the rural population, is still suffering from energy crisis, but yet another crisis is going to embrace it very soon. This time it's about food. Neweurasia reports that Barki Tojik – the country's electricity monopolist – promises to solve...
Anguilla: Concerned about the Landscape
Corruption-free Anguilla blogs about “Anguilla’s newest landscape features”.
Turkmenistan: Breakthrough in Turkmen-Azerbaijani talks
Maciula reports on the Azerbaijani-Turkmen deal signed in Baku that ends a very long dispute between the two countries and is a important step forward towards building the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline.
Libya in Pictures
Libyano, from Libya, posts pictures from his country in this post.
Israel: Backyard Tour
“In an effort to clear the mind and explore new territory, we ventured into one of the 726548724 hiking trails around Tzur Hadassah in the Judean Hills this afternoon,” writes Lizrael, from Israel, who takes us on a pictorial tour of her ‘backyard.’
Jordan: New Oil Law
Jordanian Khalaf discusses his country's new oil law in this post.
Bahamas: Globalisation
“Globalisation – it means more cross-border travel, trade, information and investment than ever before. But what does it mean for the average Bahamian?”: Larry Smith at Bahama Pundit finds out.