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Actor Don Cheadle named goodwill ambassador for UN
Jun 06, 2010 07:34 EDT
Actor Don Cheadle is named a goodwill ambassador for the UN's environmental program. Actor Don Cheadle has become a spokesman for the United Nations environment program.
Rwanda names gorillas on World Environment Day
Jun 05, 2010 07:31 EDT
Rwanda hosted UN World Environment Day Saturday with a ceremony to name 11 endangered baby mountain gorillas in which Internet users worldwide were for the first time able to take part.
Rwanda names gorillas on World Environment Day
Jun 05, 2010 06:01 EDT
Rwanda hosted UN World Environment Day Saturday with a ceremony to name 11 endangered baby mountain gorillas in which Internet users worldwide were able to take part.
World's ecosystems provide 'services' equal to global income
Jun 03, 2010 14:47 EDT
The world's biodiversity and ecosystems deliver services to humanity estimated to be worth as much as the world gross national income, the UN environment programme (UNEP) said Thursday.
Rescuing ecosystems can save trillions of dollars: U.N.
Jun 03, 2010 11:17 EDT
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A few million dollars invested by governments in restoring nature could prevent far greater losses of the free services that ecosystems provide to people around the world, a U.N. report said on Thursday.
Go veggie, cut fossil fuels to aid planet: study
Jun 02, 2010 06:27 EDT
OSLO (Reuters) - An overhaul of world farming and more vegetarianism should be top priorities to protect the environment, along with curbs on fossil fuel use, a U.N.-backed study said on Wednesday.
Ocean fish could disappear in 40 years: UN
May 17, 2010 23:07 EDT
The world faces the nightmare possibility of fishless oceans by 2050 unless fishing fleets are slashed and stocks allowed to recover, UN experts warned.
Ocean fish could disappear in 40 years: UN
May 17, 2010 21:50 EDT
The world faces the nightmare possibility of fishless oceans by 2050 unless fishing fleets are slashed and stocks allowed to recover, UN experts warned.
Oceans' fish could disappear in 40 years: UN
May 17, 2010 16:59 EDT
The world faces the nightmare possibility of fishless oceans by 2050 unless fishing fleets are slashed and stocks allowed to recover, UN experts warned Monday.
Oceans' fish could disappear in 40 years: UN
May 17, 2010 13:00 EDT
The world faces the nightmare possibility of fishless oceans by 2050 without fundamental restructuring of the fishing industry, UN experts said Monday.
U.N. panel sees future shortage of specialty metals
May 13, 2010 18:08 EDT
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Recycling rates for many specialty metals used in high-tech devices are so low -- often less than 1 percent -- that they may become unavailable in two to three decades, a U.N.-appointed panel said on Thursday.
World governments fail to halt biodiversity loss
May 10, 2010 10:37 EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - World governments have failed to meet a 2010 target to halt biodiversity loss and action must be taken to preserve the species and ecosystems upon which human life depends, a United Nations report said on Monday.
UN fears 'irreversible' damage to natural environment
May 10, 2010 06:57 EDT
The UN warned on Monday that "massive" loss in life-sustaining natural environments was likely to deepen to the point of being irreversible after global targets to cut the decline by this year were missed.
U.N. forecasts less than 1 bln Kyoto offsets by 2012
May 05, 2010 12:39 EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - A United Nations agency on Wednesday cut its forecast for pre-2012 Kyoto Protocol carbon offsets, estimating for the first time that less than 1 billion tonnes will come to market before the climate pact expires.
Chinese actress wins UN environment award
Apr 22, 2010 11:56 EDT
A popular Chinese actress was named one of the United Nations' "Champions of the Earth" on Thursday for her efforts to encourage people to live a more environmentally-friendly lifestyle.
Global climate deal best option, but road rough: U.N.
Apr 22, 2010 09:04 EDT
SEOUL (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) maintained a global climate treaty was better than a range of small-scale agreements, but said it was unlikely a deal to combat global warming would be reached this year.
Congo Basin gorillas under mounting threat: report
Mar 24, 2010 14:58 EDT
DOHA (Reuters) - Gorillas may become near-extinct in Africa's Greater Congo Basin by the mid-2020s unless action is taken to prevent poaching and to protect their habitat, a U.N.-backed report said on Wednesday.
Africa's gorillas face bleak future: report
Mar 24, 2010 13:09 EDT
Illegal logging, mining and poaching for bushmeat are pushing gorillas and other great apes in Africa's Congo basin ever closer to extinction, according to a report released on Wednesday.
UN: Central African gorillas in danger from trade
Mar 24, 2010 13:07 EDT
Gorillas in danger from hunters, timber trade, warfare in central Africa, UN report says. Gorillas in central Africa are in danger from illegal logging, mining and from hunters who are killing great apes for meat, said a joint report from the United Nations and Interpol released Wednesday.
UN: Central African gorillas in danger from trade
Mar 24, 2010 13:07 EDT
Gorillas in central Africa are in danger from illegal logging, mining and from hunters who are killing great apes for meat, said a joint report from the United Nations and Interpol released Wednesday.
