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CO2 emissions should face higher taxes

This content was published on Nov 26, 2007 The IEA warned that current efforts to rein in atmospheric pollution including voluntary measures and the so-called “climate centime” are insufficient, and that higher taxes on fuel were necessary. Agency director Nobuo Tanaka said in Bern that while Switzerland had made progress towards reducing greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol, it also had to look…

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Alien spiders invade Europe

This content was published on Nov 22, 2007 The scientists say that over the past 150 years the expansion in global trade has led to more alien spiders, bigger than domestic species, being inadvertently imported. A huge, furry monster goosesteps across the screen. It has eight legs and you just know it’s going to eat everything in sight. It is, of course, that…

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This content was published on Nov 15, 2007

Pollution levels “diluted” in Yangtze

This content was published on Nov 2, 2007 The researchers, who monitored water quality along a 1,750km stretch of the river, said the Yangtze’s “enormous pollution levels” were diluted by the massive water flow. Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology and the Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology examined the waters of the Yangtze during a six-week project last year.…

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Warmer oceans could drive up CO2 levels

This content was published on Oct 25, 2007 They found that the oceans’ capacity to act as a storehouse for atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) appears to be impaired by the gradual increase in water temperatures worldwide. Around one half of the total CO2 released by humans each year is naturally absorbed by the oceans, which contain 60 times more carbon than the atmosphere.…

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New park puts itself on the map

This content was published on Oct 12, 2007 The Valais area in the southwest of the country is famous for mountains such as the Matterhorn, but the Pfynwald – or Pfyn forest – in the Rhone valley is scarcely known outside its immediate area, even though it is full of interest and considerably easier to explore. That is now changing, thanks to a…

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Madagascan forests profit from Zurich zoo

This content was published on Oct 11, 2007 Ten years after starting its work at the African island state, the zoo has helped convert many farmers to conservation ideas. And four years ago it created its own replica rainforest in Zurich. The zoo invests $100,000 (SFr118,000) a year on a number of projects in Madagascar to provide park wardens and infrastructure in the…

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This content was published on Oct 10, 2007 But the SFr52 million project has also cast a spotlight on the role of conservation. Some critics have questioned whether the money might have been better spent on saving a real rainforest rather than creating an artificial one. From special insulating material for the roof, to the planting of 17,000 species of plants, not to…

Tourism takes step to reduce carbon footprint

This content was published on Oct 3, 2007 Organisers of the conference, led by the United Nations and the Swiss government, said policies needed to be adapted to “encourage sustainable tourism reflecting environmental, social, economic and climate responsiveness”. In the Davos Declaration, published on the final day, representatives agreed that the concerns and needs of the tourist industry should be included in international…

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Tourist industry faces climate dilemma

This content was published on Oct 1, 2007 Industry representatives, headed by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), will discuss measures to adapt to global warming and reduce the industry’s large carbon footprint. The UNWTO admitted ahead of the three-day meeting that tourism was responsible for between four and six per cent of the world’s total carbon dioxide emissions. With a total…

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