(par 9.3.1) Just What Is Conservation?
Just What Is Conservation? https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/just-what-conservation By Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine At Cultural Survival, conservation is a people issue, not a biological one. Trees don’t cut themselves. Streams don’t pollute themselves. the ozone layer is not self-destructing. We are the ones putting our environment in peril. Conservation is the wise use of resources in such a […]
(par 9.3 ) Questions remain over Namibian oil discovery
Questions remain over Namibian oil discovery https://www.dw.com/en/questions-remain-over-future-of-namibian-oil-discovery/a-57560080 By Cai Nebe | Jana Genth ReconAfrica has said it struck a massive oil field in northern Namibia. But locals said they were not properly consulted about the drilling, and environmentalists fear an oil boom could threaten the The rainy season transforms northeastern Namibia from brown and yellow […]
(par 9.3 ) Nicaragua’s Proposed Interoceanic Canal – A Threat to the Environment and Indigenous Rights
Nicaragua’s Proposed Interoceanic Canal: A Threat to the Environment and Indigenous Rights http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hazel-guardado/nicaraguas-proposed-inter_b_6083274.html In early October, more than 1,000 Nicaraguan campesinos protested the newest development scheme in Nicaragua — an interoceanic canal. Banners reading “our land is not for sale!” and “Chinese, go home!” filled the Nicaraguan countryside. March organizer Francisca Ramirez stated that she “would rather die than […]