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Kebijakan Pemerintah Belum Berpihak Pada Masyarakat Adat
15-Nov-2010
Senin, 15 November 2010 03:55 WI
Palangka Raya (ANTARA News) - Keberpihakan pemerintah terhadap masyarakat adat dalam memperoleh pengakuan hingga saat ini di wilayah Kalimantan Tengah (Kalteng) dinilai masih belum dirasakan.Menurut fasilitator acara lokakarya tentang hak masyarakat adat, kebijakan dan program perubahan iklim atau Reduction Emission Deforestatio and Degradation (REDD), Koesnadi Wirasputra di Palangka Raya, Minggu, masyarakat adat masih merasa kebijakan yang dibuat oleh pemerintah belum berpihak kepada mereka.

 

Climate Change Threatens Lebanon's Snow And Cedars
15-Nov-2010
Date: 15-Nov-10
Country: LEBANON
Author: Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent

Lebanon's ski resorts have survived civil war but now face an insidious threat from climate change expected to cut snow cover by 40 percent by 2040.The effects of global warming are still a low priority for conflict-prone Lebanon, where environmental neglect rules.Skiers and the tourist businesses that depend on them hope this year's warm winter and brief season was not a harbinger of the future for the Arab world's only snow playgrounds.

Arab World Among Most Vulnerable To Climate Change
15-Nov-2010
Date: 15-Nov-10
Country: BEIRUT
Author: Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent

Dust storms scour Iraq. Freak floods wreak havoc in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Rising sea levels erode Egypt's coast. Hotter, drier weather worsens water scarcity in the Middle East, already the world's most water-short region.The Arab world is already suffering impacts consistent with climate change predictions. Although scientists are wary of linking specific events to global warming, they are urging Arab governments to act now to protect against potential disasters.

Climate Change Worsens Plight Of Iraqi Farmers
15-Nov-2010
Date: 15-Nov-10
Country: IRAQ
Author: Khalid al-Ansary and Serena Chaudhry

Frequent dust storms and scarce rains are stifling Iraq's efforts to revive a farming sector hit by decades of war, sanctions and isolation.Wheat and rice production has suffered from a severe drought in the past two years, due in part to rising temperatures, along with a dearth of water in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.