Politics

Polar bear row splits campaigners

27 December, 2012 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20798136#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_sou...

Originally Published by BBC News

– Wildlife campaign groups are at odds over a new attempt to ban the global trade in polar bear parts

Wolf OR-7 has been in California for a year now

25 December, 2012 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2012/12/23/wolf-or-7-has-been-in-california-for-a...

Originally Published by The Wildlife News

– The arrival of the still lone-wolf has led to formation of the Pacific Wolf Coalition.

SLIDESHOW: Cholera ebbing in Sierra Leone

19 December, 2012 - 08:00
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96584/SLIDESHOW-Cholera-ebbing-in-Sierra-Leone
FREETOWN 18 October 2012 (IRIN) - Sierra Leone’s worst cholera outbreak in 15 years has eased in the past two months and new infections each week have recently dipped to below 1,000.

Scientists See Promise for People and Nature as ‘Peak Farmland’ Looms

18 December, 2012 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/scientists-see-promise-for-people-a...

Originally Published by NY Times

– A new analysis sees good news for nature and humans in the looming prospect of “peak farmland.”

Israel’s Best-Loved Vegetables Carry Heavy Pesticide Loads

17 December, 2012 - 06:02
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.greenprophet.com/2012/12/israels-best-loved-vegetables-carry-heavy-pe...

ShutterstockOriginally Published by Green Prophet - If there’s one food group that Israelis love, it’s vegetables. In fact, all over the Middle East, vegetables are treated with love and presented at table in infinite artful ways.

KENYA-SOMALIA: Battling to contain cholera, hepatitis E outbreaks

9 December, 2012 - 14:45
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96457/KENYA-SOMALIA-Battling-to-contain-cholera-h...
ISIOLO 04 October 2012 (IRIN) - An outbreak of cholera along the Kenya-Somalia border has left dozens dead and many more sick, according to local residents, aid workers and government officials.
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