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UNITED NATIONS, Sep 6, 2011 (IPS) - Thousands of victims affected by toxic waste dumping in 2006 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire's commercial capital, still have not received the economic compensation they were promised. See the article here: Toxic Waste Victims Wait Years for Compensation

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TORONTO, Sep 6, 2011 (IPS) - As Canada's aboriginal community celebrates last month's milestone legal ruling regarding clear-cutting in Ontario and the forestry sector mulls its future strategy, discussions are taking place about how to carry out an impact assessment evaluating damage incurred by decades of industry encroachment on traditional lands and forests. The rest is here: Native...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AlertNet) - Guyana is battling to prevent the spread of malaria as climate change brings higher temperatures and more rainfall, threatening to push the disease back into densely populated coastal regions. See original here: Warming Guyana coast risks malaria resurgence

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LIMA - Peru's President Ollanta Humala signed into law a measure requiring that indigenous people be consulted before any mining, timber or petroleum projects are begun on their traditional lands. See more here: Peru president signs indigenous consultation law

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Brazil's politicians, NGOs and public have been voicing more criticisms about the proposed relaxing of the country's Forest Law. Here's a summary of recent developments. See the article here: Brazil's Forest Law debate heats up

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LA PAZ, Sept 6, 2011 (Tierramérica) - A richly biodiverse rainforest the size of 3,000 soccer fields in central Bolivia will be the first victim of the road planned to run through the Isiboro Sécure Indigenous Territory and National Park (TIPNIS), say environmental activists. See the rest here: Rainforest Road Will Have Environmental and Cultural Impacts

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Both the woodpecker and the willow tit were widespread 40 years ago, but every year since 1970 their populations have declined so they are now in grave danger. Read more from the original source: Woodland birds join extinction danger list

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(Reuters) - What do flood prevention in Nepal, wildlife preservation in Namibia and reef fishing in Indonesia have to do with the U.S. budget? Global conservation programs like these have all gotten help from the U.S. government, . Read the rest here: World environment programs in budget crosshairs

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NORTH LAKHIMPUR, India (AlertNet) - In the days of yore, farmers forecast the weather by looking at the behaviour of birds. "When sparrows bathe in the dust, it rains," they would say. But as climate change alters weather patterns in northeast India, it is changing traditional knowledge - and threatening local birds that long have helped farmers control...

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that visiting Pacific nations threatened by rising seas had reinforced his belief that climate change was real and posed a genuine threat to humanity. More here: Pacific shows climate change a reality: UN chief