ENVIRONMENT: Save Half the Planet, or Lose It All
By Stephen Leahy
MÉRIDA, Mexico - At least half the planet must be protected if humanity is to survive the next century, declared conservationists at the conclusion of 9th World Wilderness Congress on Friday, Nov. 13.
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SRI LANKA: Invasive Plants: Yet Another Environmental Menace
By Amantha Perera
COLOMBO - Ask any Sri Lankan, and he or she will cringe at the mention of ‘water hyacinth’, infamous in the country, where it is called by its more common local name ‘Japan Jabbara’. The weed-like water plant has spread across the island, and everyone knows its potential to take over any watery home in double quick time.
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PHILIPPINES: Storm-Hit City under Constant Threat of Landslides
By Arthur Allad-iw
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines - The storm has long subsided, and the torrential rains—which battered this city known for its pristine charm and stately pine trees last month—have been gone for weeks.
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LATIN AMERICA: Community-Based Social Innovation Wins Prizes
By Darío Montero
GUATEMALA CITY - Community control of public funds will no longer be just an effective local idea, put into practice by social activists and community leaders in a town in southern Brazil. Now that it has won first prize in ECLAC's fifth Social Innovation Contest, it is likely to spread throughout Latin America.
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DEVELOPMENT: Farmers Not Invited to Food Summit?
By Sabina Zaccaro
ROME - World farmers are not part of the official delegations at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food summit on food security that opened here Monday. But they came anyhow to express their views, since, they say, it is their communities that are most impacted by the food crisis.
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ENERGY-DENMARK: Samsø Island, Beyond Fantasy
By Julio Godoy*
TRANEBJERG, Denmark - On the Danish island of Samsø, a model of energy self-sufficiency, even cow's milk helps reduce emissions of climate changing gases.
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WATER-ZAMBIA: Worries Ahead of Flood Season
By Lloyd Himaambo
SHANGOMBO DISTRICT, Zambia - 
The Zambezi is home to the fishing community on Mbeta Island. But after the river rose and swallowed their homes last year, they have learned to fear it as well.
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ECONOMY-US: "Green" Jobs Should Be Black and Brown Too
By Haider Rizvi
NEW YORK - The Barack Obama administration's drive to promote a "green" economy is not working in the interest of poor people in the United States, especially those who belong to minority communities, according to a new study by a leading think tank.
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BRAZIL: Deforestation Down 45 Percent
By Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon jungle was reduced more than expected between August 2008 and July 2009 - 45 percent compared to the previous 12 months, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reported.
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UGANDA: "Mount Elgon Eviction Has Reduced Us to Beggars"*
By Wambi Michael
MOUNT ELGON, Uganda - "We have been reduced to begging from relatives and to migrate to urban areas where life is not safe. We were living in the mountain for more than 200 years. Transferring us means burying us, completely. We want to stay in our area and develop."
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