27 June 2005:
China
Rare Storks Bear Nestling in Yellow River Delta
Two pairs of rare white storks migrating from Russia to avoid chilly weather were found bearing nestling in their nests built on an electric pole near the estuary of the Yellow River delta, in east China's warmer Shandong Province.
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Philippines
Eco-waste coalition warns: Beware of toxic eggs
WITH MASS-PRODUCED food served in restaurants and food chains everywhere, Filipinos have begun to look to home-grown products, like eggs from free-range chickens, as a welcome relief. Not only does one help backyard industries in the process, but she also gets to enjoy eggs that taste better.
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Philippines
War over water in the Philippines
In the remote highlands of the Philippines, tribes are battling over water supplies which they depend upon to irrigate rice terraces.
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Philippines
Paper from tobacco
VIGAN CITY – Officials led by Environment Secretary Michael Defensor and Ilocos Sur Governor Luis "Chavit" Singson announced here recently a "major breakthrough" involving the development of paper from tobacco pulp.
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Philippines
DENR mounts campaign to save the ozone layer
In celebration of the Environment Month this June and to save the ozone layer, the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (EMB-DENR) is distributing to all regions nationwide about 1,500 units of training equipment for use of training institutions in the field of refrigeration and air-conditioning.
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Philippines
Two Filipino scientists win world recognition
Two Filipino scientists, one involved with soil erosion, and the other with biogas production, won the prestigious Global Eco-Tech awards, co-sponsored by the Japan Association for the 2005 Exposition and Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. The 100 different technologies from all over the world were chosen to represent the world’s efforts to solve global environmental problems. The awards are part of the on-going 2005 World Exposition that runs to September in Aichi, Japan. The Expo, the first in the 21st century, has "Nature’s Wisdom" as its theme. It showcases innovative environmental technologies and models for sustainable development invented in Japan and 126 countries.
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General/World
Device Lets Divers Breathe Like a Fish
June 24, 2005— An Israeli mechanical engineer and scuba diver has invented a device that could have people breathing under water like fish.
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General/World
Recycling around the world
The UK government is trying to encourage more people to recycle their waste and reduce the UK's waste mountain.
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General/World
Hopes for home power generation
Many homes could generate all their own power by wind or solar energy and sell the surplus, the government has said.
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General/World
Invention Convention
Top kid inventors appeared Tuesday in New York to receive awards for their creations from Xerox and By Kids For Kids (BKFK), a company devoted to marketing young inventors' gadgets. It was all part of the National Invention Competition, sponsored by the two companies.
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General/World
Lingering chemicals create problem
The chemicals go down the drain, but in the environment they remain. Researchers in Minnesota have found that a complex brew of everyday compounds – from products as ubiquitous as shampoo, bug spray and even that morning cup of coffee – lingers in waters even after they are showered off or dumped down the sink.
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Tsunami
World Bank Committed to Rebuilding Tsunami Devastated Region
As people begin to rebuild their lives following the disaster, it is critical they be engaged in the important planning process in which they have such a stake. Consultation and inclusion have been guiding principles of the Bank’s approach to reconstruction following December’s tsunami.
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Tsunami
Six months after the tsunami
It was the Sunday after yet another over-indulgent Christmas, a time of warm and fuzzy feelings, of peace and goodwill to all men.
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Whaling
Commercial Whaling Ban Holds—For Now
Japan's efforts to relax whaling restrictions were voted down this week at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Yet the possible return of commercial whaling across the world's oceans still worries conservationists.
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24 June 2005:
China
Mekong Area Faces Environmental Challenges
The six countries that share the Mekong River are experiencing a remarkable transformation. The area has seen its economy grow by more than 6 percent a year since 1992.
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China
30,000 Evacuated After Reservoir Collapse
About 30,000 people had been evacuated by 5 PM Wednesday after a collapse at a reservoir blocked a river in Wuxi County in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Tuesday, according to the local government.
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China
Cloned Goat Celebrates 5th Birthday
Yangyang, China's first successfully cloned Goat has celebrated its fifth birthday.
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China
China's growth sums just don't add up for the planet
China's 1.3 billion (and counting) citizens are poised to transform the global landscape dramatically, both economically and ecologically.
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Japan
Japan loses third whaling vote
JAPAN has lost a third major vote at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) after the group refused to grant limited hunting rights to Japanese coastal communities.
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Japan
Burger chain adds whale to menu
A Japanese fast food chain says it will sell 200 whale burgers a day to meet strong demand from its customers amid global criticism over the country's bid to expand whaling.
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RO Korea
Conservation Countries Still a Majority at Whaling Commission
ULSAN, South Korea, June 20, 2005 (ENS) - The International Whaling Commission took the first votes of its 2005 annual meeting this morning and they show that anti-whaling countries retain the majority they have held for the past 20 years.
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Malaysia
Plan to make Chittagong and Penang sister ports
Newly-appointed Honorary Consul of Bangladesh in Penang Shaik Ismail Allaudin aims to work towards linking up Penang and the Bangladeshi port of Chittagong to become “sister ports”.
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Malaysia
Still going nowhere with sustainable development
Politicians love mouthing it, government officials try to implement it and environmentalists want more action on it. We are talking about the environmental buzzword – sustainable development.
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Philippines
Filipino scientist's waste coco coir technology for geotextiles bags Global 100 EcoTech Award
Dr. Justin Arboleda, Filipino scientist, pioneered the use of coconut coir as geotextile nets, which are installed on eroded slopes and other degraded landscapes to arrest soil runoff and promote re-greening by protective vegetative shoots. Geotextiles made of coco coir degrade naturally at a rate allowing for the recolonization of the ground by plants. Other similarly organic materials degrade too fast.
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Philippines
Low carbon ‘diet’ hits metro
There’s a new diet in town and it’s not about food at all.
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Philippines
Global warming is a warning
Climate change appears to be a reality these days. The evidence for this change consists of long term data showing progressive warming of the world, rising sea levels, salt water intrusion into land, increased frequency of El Niño events, increased desertification, etc. Taken together, the evidence appears to be credible. It is prudent on our part to something within our power to minimize the rate of change. Peoples of the world are called upon to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions (e.g. reduce carbon dioxide production). The international agreement that tries to do this is the Kyoto Protocol.
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General/World
US Senate approves weaker, voluntary climate change plan
WASHINGTON.—An ambitious bipartisan plan to slow US greenhouse gases with an emissions trading program collapsed in the Senate on Tuesday after a key Republican threw his support behind a weaker, voluntary plan.
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General/World
Britons 'should appreciate the sea'
Even when you live in an island nation it can be easy to take the sea for granted.
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General/World
Seismic sensors count elephants
American scientists have come up with a hi-tech method of surveying elephants, using military-designed seismic sensors to detect their footsteps.
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General/World
EU fails to cut greenhouse gases
Emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide rose in the European Union by 1.5% in 2003 after falling in 2002, the European Environment Agency reports.
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General/World
Fish species declared extinct in the wild
The Tasmanian Greens have revealed one of Australia's most engandered fish species, the pedder galaxias, has been officially declared extinct in the wild.
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General/World
Experts warn parasite puts salmon in danger
A DEADLY parasite carried by an invasive fish species introduced to Britain could threaten both aquaculture and freshwater salmon species, according to a new report. ¤ Read News
General/World
In Darkest Sea, Bacteria Bask in 'Light'
June 23, 2005— Dim light released by deep sea vents may act like underwater sunlight to energize photosynthetic, or light-loving, organisms, according to scientists who just discovered a bacteria basking in the geothermal radiation of a vent plume.
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20 June 2005:
China
WWF Funds Ecological Protection in Heilongjiang River Valley
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) will invest 1.2 billion euros in the coming years to help improve the environment in the valley of the Heilongjiang River which runs the border between China and Russia.
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China
Water Consumption to Realize Nil Growth by 2020
China has planned to turn itself into a water-efficient society in 15 years to realize nil growth in water consumption for social and economic development by 2020.
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China
ASEAN to Observe China's Maritime Drill
China is to host a maritime security exercise in the East China Sea next month, the Maritime Safety Administration said on Wednesday.
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Japan
Whaling meeting 'may relax rules'
Pro-whaling nations seem set to command a majority of votes at the meeting of the International Whaling Commission which opens in South Korea on Monday.
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Japan
Worlds of nature are just a click away
Although I've only just packed away my skiing gear (the remnant snowfields have crept too close to the peaks to make the physical cost of carrying heavy boots and skis so far uphill worth the downhill benefits), and though mountain cherry blossoms have only recently begun to shed their petals here in Hokkaido, the heat, the humidity and the downpours of the annual rainy season have already begun to affect Japan's southern islands.
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Japan
Japanese fund for MeREM pilot project
TOKYO — A US$500,000 package has been approved by the Japanese Government to kick-off a pilot programme for the Mekong River Ecosystem Monitoring Project (MeREM), said a member of the International Committee of MeREM at an international science journalism workshop held in Tokyo in early June.
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Philippines
Ifugao power plant finalist in Global Environment Awards
BAGUIO CITY, Benguet, Philippines -- A micro-hydro power plant that helps sustain the world-renowned Ifugao rice terraces is among this year's seven finalists for the Global Environmental Awards.
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Philippines
DENR accredits environmental laboratories
Nine laboratories were accredited by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), bringing to 40 the total number of DENR-recognized environmental laboratories across the country.
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Philippines
Mirant marks World Environment Day with tree-planting activity
In celebration of World Environment Day, Mirant Philippines’ Pagbilao Power Station continued its reforestation efforts through a tree planting activity at the Binahaan Watershed Area in Atimonan, Quezon.
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Philippines
Coconut fiber provides an immediate remedy to soil erosion, flooding
A product made from coconut fiber can provide an immediate remedy to soil erosion and flooding.
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Philippines
Seeing Green : Making reforestation work with social forestry
FOR YEARS now, this country has been dealing with illegal loggers with little success. Violators may be apprehended and sent to jail, the top cats slapped with puny fines, but once the case is closed, illegal activities begin again. And often, law enforcers and forest rangers get the tragic end of the bargain-they get shot and killed, which is why the problems of project developers in mountain areas go on.
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General/World
Hurricanes 'to get more powerful'
Hurricanes are likely to become more powerful as a result of climate change caused by humans, scientists say.
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Tsunami
Tsunami may have spread alien species
The Indian Ocean tsunami's devastating waves brought more than death to this island nation — they upset some of Sri Lanka's key ecosystems, the UN environmental agency warned Friday.
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Whaling
Caribbean to push for commercial whaling
The Caribbean has declared its support for a return to commercial whaling.
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17 June 2005:
China
Environment law drafted
Shanghai city lawmakers are considering a draft law that would fine factories up to 100,000 yuan (US$12,048) for discharging untreated sewage into local waterways, a massive increase over current penalties.
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China
Yellow River to Flush Away Sand
Flood control authorities are getting the Yellow River ready for the coming flood season. After three years of experiments, the first water-and-sand adjustment programs are now being carried out.
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China
China Should Take Firm Stand Against Whaling: Expert
China, as a non-whaling country, should say no to international whaling so as to prevent further depletion of whale species along China's coastline, a scholar said Tuesday in a lecture held in the prestigious Peking University.
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Philippines
Probiotics good for prawn
Quirino State College in Region 2 has "research" as one of its mandate. The college’s R&D conducts research in inland fisheries to generate technologies that would help the inland aquaculture industry in the province to develop and economically productive. Recently, it conducted a series of researches using Exquisite water and soil probiotics (Exquisite Soil Conditioner).
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Philippines
Good life for most Filipinos in next 10 years -- NEDA
THE NATIONAL Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said yesterday the goal of providing a good life for most Filipinos in the next 10 years could be reached, but a lot more effort should be exerted to create the desired economic and social environment to sustain it.
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Philippines
Seeing Green : Young environmental envoys named
BAYER Philippines' search for its 5th Young Environmental Envoys this year harvested eight winners, five of whom will be sent on an all-expense paid trip to the company's main office in Germany as Bayer Young Environmental Envoys (BYEE), and three others as delegates to the Eco-Minds Forum in Manila and Subic.
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Philippines
Navy steps up protection of environment
The Philippine Navy is actively taking steps to protect the rich coastal and marine resources of the country, Flag Officer-in-Command Vice Admiral Ernesto de Leon said.
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Philippines
DENR steps up drive for clean air
This month is Philippine Environment Month and the theme of this year's celebration is Green Cities: Plan for the Planet. For this event, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is intensifying its Linis Hangin: Bantay Tambutso program, with Bantay Tambutso sa Malls in Metro Manila and various regions.
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General/World
Volcanoes curb wetland emissions
Volcanoes may have a stronger cooling effect on the Earth than previously thought, an Open University team says.
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General/World
Experts unite to fight sea rises
Researchers have joined forces in Devon to discover ways to tackle rising sea levels on UK coastlines.
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General/World
Sharks basking in Scottish waters
The number of sightings of basking sharks off Scotland's coasts has gone up by more than half, new figures show.
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General/World
Photo in the News: Rare He-She Crab Found in Chesapeake
June 16, 2005—This extremely rare type of crab pulled from the Chesapeake Bay last month does not know whether it is Arthur or Martha.
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General/World
"Jaws" at 30: Film Stoked Fear, Study of Great White Sharks
Thirty years ago, in the summer of 1975, Jaws had moviegoers paralyzed by fear. The story, about a giant great white shark that terrorizes a seaside community, tapped into the most primal of human fears: What unseen creature lurks below the ocean surface?
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General/World
Protecting the World's Environment
DROUGHT tends to stilt the drainage system in many areas of the world as the water levels in their rivers come to a very low ebb. Many rivers get dried up as a result of such long dry spell. Hence, water for domestic and industrial usages will be in very short supply. Even water for irrigation purposes will be in short supply as well. All these will go a long way to affect food supply. It is more acute when it is realized that the most immediate need of man is food. Therefore, there is bound to be tension because of hunger in a situation of inadequate food supply. Besides, some agro-allied industries would equally be affected with all the social dislocations like unemployment and poverty which may arise from such situation.
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Tourism
East Asia and the Pacific: The most dynamic tourism region
Sixteen nations gathered last week in the beautiful lake city of Otsu, Japan to attend the 42nd meeting of the WTO Commission for East Asia and the Pacific and the technical seminar on Sustainable Management of the Landscape and Environment for Tourism.
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Tourism
Eco-tourism park soon to rise in NE
GABALDON, Nueva Ecija – A five-hectare natural tourist attraction inside the campus of the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (NEUST) in this town will soon be developed into an eco-tourism park through a P5.65-million funding assistance from Sen. Edgardo Angara.
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Whaling
U.S. told to protect right whale right now Judge announces deadline on critical habitat designation
A federal judge says the government has dragged its feet for too long on protecting the Pacific right whale -- the most imperiled whale species -- and must act by October to designate habitat that will help the creature survive.
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06 June 2005:
China
Chinese NGOs to Play Bigger Role in Environmental Protection
Chinese non-government organizations (NGO) have long pledged to play a bigger role in environmental protection, but faced with various challenges and needed more supportive hands, according to some Chinese NGOs.
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Malaysia
‘Bat girl’ of the Krau Reserve
The concerns of conservation researchers in the rain forest of the Krau Wildlife Reserve in Pahang are so far removed from “Green Cities”, the focus of the United Nations World Environment Day today. But their efforts are equally important for the planet as a whole, as TEOH TEIK HOONG reports.
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Philippines
Boracay tourists soon to pay P50 environmental fee
Boracay Island — Local and foreign tourists in this world-famous destination would have to pay a P50 environmental fee soon after the Aklan provincial board approves on second reading an ordinance imposing it to raise funds for a sanitary landfill
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Philippines
Preserving the country’s bountiful resources
World Environment Day, commemorated each year on June 5, is one of the events marked worldwide to increase awareness on the plight of the environment and to promote mass attention and action.
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Philippines
DENR eyes greater support for forest mgm’t program
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) project for the enhancement of community-based forest management (CBFM) is likely to gain greater support from local government units (LGUs) and non-government organizations (NGOs), after the conduct of a series of trainers training
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Philippines
Seeing Green : 'La vida natural' in a farm
THESE days, land use cannot be taken lightly or for granted. Every inch of soil must be made to work on sustainable principles. Poor or eroded soil cannot be planted to crops for food, and even indigenous plants and wildlife no longer thrive there.
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Viet Nam
Rising industrial pollution drives need for new environmental law
HA NOI — In debates this week on amendments to the nation’s Environmental Law, National Assembly deputies are emphasizing the further need to protect an environment which has been severely damaged and polluted in recent years as a result of increasing industrialisation.
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General/World
125 Large Arctic Lakes Disappear
A new study finds 125 large lakes in the Arctic have vanished as temperatures rose over the past two decades. Many other lakes have shrunk.
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General/World
Beached whales saved in Australia
Volunteers have helped to save scores of false killer whales that were stranded in western Australia after they beached near Busselton.
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General/World
Why sharks are fast becoming an endangered species
Peter Benchley, the author of 'Jaws', has swum with great whites many times. But one terrifying encounter taught him new respect for the ocean's deadliest predator. Now he's on a mission to save these creatures from their greatest enemy: us
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General/World
Councils offer cautious approach to anti-whaling campaign
The Mid-North Coast Group of Councils in New South Wales has decided to write to the Federal Government expressing support for any Government efforts to oppose Japan's plans to increase whaling.
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World Environment Day
World Environment Day today
World Environment Day will be observed in the country as elsewhere around the globe today (Sunday) amid heightened campaigns by the greens for saving the imperiled planet.
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World Environment Day
World Environment Day Marked
Nearly one million people attended the opening ceremony of a program called "Restore the net of life along the Yangtze River", simultaneously held in 12 provinces and cities along the longest river in China on Sunday, as the country marks the World Environment Day.
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World Environment Day
"One Planet Many People" Atlas Launched to Mark World Environment Day 2005
The dramatic and, in some cases, damaging environmental changes sweeping planet Earth are brought into sharp focus in a new atlas launched to mark World Environment Day (WED).
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World Environment Day
Planet destruction shown in UN atlas
An atlas of satellite photographs published by the UN environmental agency has exposed the physical damage wrought by the growing human population, including deforestation, retreating icecaps, dried seas, sprawling cities and pollution.
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World Environment Day
Environment Day spotlights cities
Events have been taking place in more than 100 countries to mark World Environment Day, which is promoting the idea of "green cities".
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03 June 2005:
China
Warning System for Bird Flu
China plans to launch an early warning system to detect and prevent the spread of bird flu in cases similar to the recent outbreak of the virus in northwest China, authorities said yesterday.
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China
A Turtle's Birthday
Tianjin Natural History Museum has organized a birthday celebration party for one of its turtles, which arrived there last year.
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China
Urban Environmental Protection in China
China's rapid urban development over the last 20 years has taken its toll on the country's resources and environment, according to a report released in Beijing on Thursday by the country's environment watchdog
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Hong Kong
Environmentalists fume over Disney's plans to serve fins
Environmentalists were urging Hong Kong Disneyland yesterday not to serve shark fin soup when the park opens in September, but Disney officials have rejected the appeals, saying the dish is a key part of Chinese banquets.
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Indonesia
Clinton visits Aceh to see reconstruction efforts
BANDA ACEH: Former US president Bill Clinton was briefed yesterday on reconstruction efforts in Indonesia's tsunami-devastated Aceh province, where survivors complained that aid delivery was too slow and urged international donors to bypass the government because it was corrupt.
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Philippines
CRM potentials of Negros Oriental
There is a perception that development of Negros Oriental lags behind that of Negros Occidental. Some provincial government officials seem to believe this assessment, and no less than the governor of Negros Oriental tends to support it when he suggested that the province be called Oriental Negros, instead of Negros Oriental, in order to advertise the province. In my opinion, the name of a province matters less than the realization of the development potentials of that province and the effort to harness them for sustainable development.
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Philippines
Haribon marks Environment Day
World Environment Day, commemorated each year on June 5, is one of the events marked worldwide to increase awareness on the plight of the environment and to promote mass attention and action.
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Philippines
Navotas mayor hits inaction on river barricade
Navotas Mayor Toby Tiangco has chided Obando Mayor Zoilito Santiago for his alleged inaction against a three-week-old illegal barricade manned by militant groups at the river system located between their two towns.
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Viet Nam
Fatherland Front aids environment
HA NOI — Viet Nam Fatherland Front held a meeting on Monday entitled "The Green City: Plans for the Future" to launch a larger campaign against pollution in Ha Noi.
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General/World
Study says one-fifth of Earth’s bird species in danger
JOHANNESBURG. – More than a fifth of the planet’s bird species face extinction as humans venture further into their habitats and introduce alien predators, an environmental group said on Wednesday.
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General/World
Group says ‘Eco- Mafia’ booming
ROME. – Italian Mafia activity that harms the environment — from hazardous waste disposal to illegal construction — enjoyed a boom year in 2004, an environmental report said on Tuesday.
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General/World
Autopsy finds stranded whale was sick
An autopsy of the whale which died during yesterday's big rescue attempt at Busselton, south of Perth, has revealed the whale was ill.
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General/World
Lights, Camera, Action! Behind the Scenes of Madagascar
Roll out the red carpet for one of New York’s biggest stars - the Central Park Zoo! Fondly dubbed “the jewel of Manhattan,” the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Central Park Zoo roared onto the big screen this week with the opening of the summer’s first family blockbuster, Madagascar. The movie is about pampered Central Park Zoo residents who find themselves thrust from their comfortable and luxurious 5th Avenue home and out into the wild. Like all fictional movies, this animated feature asks audiences to employ a little “willful suspension of disbelief” - and for more than just the talking animals. To clear up fact from fiction, WCS proudly presents the scoop behind the movie.
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General/World
"Madagascar" Movie Magic Might Be Real-Life Nightmare
In the animated movie Madagascar, a zebra, a hippo, a giraffe, and a lion escape from New York City's Central Park Zoo, only to find themselves stranded on the African island of Madagascar.
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General/World
UH to Research Sound Effects on Dolphins
A bill passed by the U.S. House last week would provide $2.2 million to the University of Hawaii to research the effects of sound on whales and dolphins.
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General/World
Experts tell Mr from Mrs dinosaur
Palaeontologists think they have found a way to tell whether dinosaur fossils are from males or females.
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General/World
Conservationists hit out at reef oil slick penalty
Conservationists say a record fine imposed on a ship owner for discharging oil into the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in north Queensland is not a strong enough deterrent.
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General/World
Piranhas Not Quite So Fierce
The piranha’s reputation has it marked as a fierce hunter, who--with its pack--can devour its prey in minutes. Yet researchers have found that its reason for traveling in packs may not be for hunting as once believed, but for protection.
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Tsunami
ASIA’S POST-TSUNAMI FUTURE
There can be no underestimating the scale of the human devastation wrought by Asia’s horrific tsunamis. Family members have been lost, homes destroyed, and livelihoods ruined. As is often the case in natural disasters, the poor are suffering the most.
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01 June 2005:
China
Hailstones Pelt Beijing
Beijing residents were stunned when walnut-sized hailstones pelted the southern and eastern parts of the city for about 10 minutes at around 2:30 PM Tuesday.
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China
Polluted Rivers Foul City's Image
Shortly after he moved to an old apartment in Ludancun, a community where two heavily polluted rivers meet, Wu Ting began regretting his decision.
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China
Media Wages War on Energy Wasters
Last week, two telephone hotlines were set up by the Beijing Municipal Commission for Development and Reform for anyone to report companies or individuals who waste energy or water - and once the report is made, local media will be notified and will run "name and shame" stories about the culprits. The name and shame campaign is scheduled to run until the end of June.
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China
Shanghai striving to improve local water quality
SHANGHAI: The Lanzhou River is clearing again, and Liu Deqiang, 59, has resumed his habit of practising t'ai chi along its banks.
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Malaysia
Tracking small hunters in the jungles of Pahang
Andy Jennings is chasing a certain female called Sally. He has tailed her for over an hour and is not giving up until he finds her hiding place.
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Malaysia
Efficient energy savers
In studies to identify areas for energy savings, the Energy Commission routinely picked out one area – use of motors.
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Malaysia
Dung power
Nget Loun’s rickety old thatched house is typical of Cambodia’s impoverished countryside, but it holds a surprise inside: a state of the art, environment-friendly gas stove.
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Viet Nam
Con Co Island to become marine reserve
Quang Tri (VNA) - Con Co island in the central province of Quang Tri may become a marine reserve by 2010 with financial assistance from the World Wild Life Fund (WWF).
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General/World
Croc Attacks Prompt Tourism Tactics at Aussie Park
As the dry season draws nearer in Kakadu National Park in Australia's Northern Territory, so does peak tourist season. Which is why park rangers are now busily "managing" the Kakadu's resident crocodiles.
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General/World
Climate key to mega-beast demise
It is unlikely humans exterminated the immense marsupial Diprotodon and other huge beasts that once roamed Australia in a short killing spree.
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