This provides indicators showing that human consumption has almost doubled since 1961, while vertebrate species populations have diminished by around 30%.The Living Planet Report also looks forward, providing scenarios and analyzing routes to sustainability for the world.The document is now available in easily downloadable sections - for reading on line, or downloading.Also NEW is the latest blog from Fabio, from the Ecuadorian Amazon. He describes life returning to normal after new year with the...
Posted in Foreigners scramble to leave Egypt as protests enter 9th day
6:03 AM
Jessie James
More foreigners scrambled to leave Egypt on Wednesday as crowds took to the streets for the ninth day to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.Chartered planes will start flying out nonemergency U.S. personnel, their relatives and any American citizens who wish to evacuate, said the U.S. State Department, which has ordered all nonemergency government personnel and their relatives to leave the country.About 1,000 Americans will be evacuated Wednesday and Thursday, officials said.Mubarak announced...
Volatile scene unfolds in Cairo as opposing sides clash
5:58 AM
Jessie James
A dramatic and potentially deadly situation unfolded Wednesday at the epicenter of Cairo's demonstrations as pro- and anti-government forces clashed, and supporters of embattled President Hosni Mubarak thundered through the crowds on horses and camels in Tahrir Square.At least one man was pulled off his horse and beaten.People hurled verbal insults, rocks and anything else they could find -- shards of metal, sticks, shoes -- at one another. They beat each other in what quickly turned into utter...
Google, Twitter help give voice to Egyptians
8:25 AM
Jessie James
(CNN) -- Google has launched the latest salvo in an effort to overcome internet blackouts in Egypt during anti-government protests there."Like many people we've been glued to the news unfolding in Egypt and thinking of what we could do to help people on the ground," Google said on its official blog.The result was a collaboration between Google, Twitter and SayNow (a service Google acquired last week) to let people without access to the Web share messages on Twitter via voice mail.The service, which...
Egypt turns out for 'march of millions' as Mubarak cuts communications
8:18 AM
Jessie James
Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Protesters packed Cairo's Tahrir Square at mid-day Tuesday, standing shoulder-to-shoulder as large groups still streamed in for the planned "march of millions."Soldiers stood guard and helicopters hovered overhead as demonstrators gathered to demand President Hosni Mubarak's resignation.Egypt's government posted troops at key locations and cut internet service as activists pledged to hold major demonstrations in Cairo, Alexandria and other cities Tuesday -- a week after rallies...
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