ITALY - TRASH CRISIS
Police informant with links to mafia killed in Naples
A businessman who had been tipping the police on the crime ring that operates the waste disposal racket in Naples was shot on Sunday in what looks like a mafia hit. Naples is still grappling with piles of uncollected trash. A.Masciarelli reports.
DEFORESTATION
Papua New Guinea's rainforests face extinction
Satellite imagery of Papua New Guinea's rainforests has revealed that most of the accessible woodland could be destroyed by 2021, as commercial logging, agriculture and wood burning gnaw at the world's third-largest tropical rainforest.
BRAZIL
Untouched rainforest tribe photographed
A Brazilian government agency has released pictures of an isolated tribe to highlight threats to their way of life. Deforestation has been slowly destroying the community's habitat. (Report: R.Tompsett)
ENVIRONMENT - BIODIVERSITY
Ecosystem damage costs trillions per year
Ongoing damage to our ecosystem involves a cost of between 1.35 and 3.1 trillion euros every year, according to a report commissioned by the EU and the German government and released Thursday at a major UN conference on biodiversity.
JAPAN - WHALING

Greenpeace cries foul over whale meat smuggling

Japan’s factory whaling ship is back in Tokyo harbour after a five-month hunt in the Antarctic Ocean. However, the environmental watchdog Greenpeace suspects members of the crew of smuggling whale meat. (Report: N.Tourret)
POLAND - WASTE
Is Poland Europe's new rubbish dump?
While Italy struggles to cope with its own rubbish, Poland is having problems with its neighbours' trash. Authorities are trying to crack down on gangs who regularly cross the border from Germany to dump thousands of tonnes of waste.
ENVIRONMENT - BANGLADESH
Bangladesh to plant trees against natural disasters
With two major floods and one cyclone hitting Bangladesh in the last year, the head of the government decided to plant 100 million trees in the next three months to build a natural "wall as a strong deterrent to disaster."
ITALY - TRASH CRISIS
Government heads for waste-ridden Naples
As Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi prepares to hold his first cabinet meeting in Naples on Wednesday, the city is still grappling with tonnes of waste rotting in the streets, in a long-standing crisis that shows no sign of ending.
ITALY - TRASH CRISIS
Government heads for waste-ridden Naples
As Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi prepares to hold his first cabinet meeting in Naples on Wednesday, the city is still grappling with tonnes of waste rotting in the streets, in a long-standing crisis that shows no sign of ending.
USA - WILDLIFE
US lists polar bears as endangered species
The US is adding the polar bear to its list of threatened species due to the progressive melting of the Arctic, though critics say Washington is offering a gift to oil companies and short shrift to the polar bear. (Story: N. Rushworth)
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