Environment

• Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 10:06 UTC

  UN calls for higher priority for water on development agenda

  

  Water must be given higher priority on the development agenda, a top United Nations official told a global gathering that opened today in Istanbul, stressing that the problems the world faces with regard to this precious resource are enormous.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 10:04 UTC

  UN “State of the World’s forests” dire forecast

  

  The global economic turmoil has resulted in reduced demand for wood, shrinking investments in industries and forest management, according to this year’s United Nations “State of the World’s Forests” report.

• Friday, March 13th 2009 - 05:41 UTC

  Prince Charles tells Brazilian hosts: A hundred months to save the planet

  

  Britain's Prince Charles currently in Brazil on a South American tour warned on Thursday that mankind has 100 months or less to save the planet from a climate-caused disaster.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2009 - 07:13 UTC

  Global sea level rising faster than forecasted warn scientists

  

  The global sea level looks set to rise far higher than forecast because of changes in the polar ice-sheets, a team of researchers has suggested. Scientists at a climate change summit in Copenhagen said earlier UN estimates were too low and that sea levels could rise by a metre or more by 2100.

• Friday, March 6th 2009 - 10:34 UTC

  World Bank 1.3 bn. loan to Brazil for green management

  

  The World Bank approved a 1.3 billion US dollars loan to Brazil for the First Programmatic Development Policy Loan for Sustainable Environmental Management, supporting Brazil’s ongoing efforts to improve its environmental management system.

• Thursday, March 5th 2009 - 17:23 UTC

  Falklands’ oil company submits green impact report

  

  As was anticipated Desire Petroleum has submitted an environmental impact assessment (EIA) to the Falkland Islands government it was reported in London.

• Monday, March 2nd 2009 - 19:50 UTC

  Prince of Wales joins FC in London to revel in brighter future of the albatross

  

  AT a formal reception at Clarence House in London on Monday, HRH the Prince of Wales, who has long been concerned about the dramatic decline of the albatross, heard that 18 of the world’s 22 species threatened with extinction have a brighter future thanks to the efforts of the Albatross Task Force (ATF).

• Saturday, December 16th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Top Chilean General removed for praising Pinochet

  The aftermath of General Augusto Pinochet's funeral, and legacy, continue to reverberate in Chilean politics and the Chilean Armed Forces: the General responsible for the Metropolitan Santiago area, one of the country's most important was sacked Friday following statements on support of the 1973 military coup and praise for the dictator.