Sustainable development

26 June 2007 -- The international conservation group Greenpeace accuses Spain of overdeveloping its Mediterranean coastline, which it says could cause irreversible damage.

Greenpeace says in a new report that Spanish developers plan to build more than 200,000 hotel rooms and hundreds of golf courses and marinas.

The group says Spanish police are currently investigating more than 100 cases of corruption that it says has led to illegal building along protected coastal areas.

Spanish officials have not yet responded to Greenpeace.    » read more »

BOSTON—Wednesday, May 16, 2007—After meeting with his Development Cabinet, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick today announced a series of changes to the state’s development policies, incorporating clean energy as a key development goal and restructuring certain grant programs to better serve environmental and housing purposes.    » read more »

14 May 2007 -- Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Biological Diversity, to be observed on 22 May:    » read more »

Panama City, Panama, May 11, 2007 – President Martin Torrijos attended a ceremony today where World Bank Vice President Pamela Cox and the country’s Minister of Economy and Finance Héctor E. Alexander,signed a US$39.4 million loan agreement for Panama to increase productivity among rural small-scale farmers while protecting important forest, mountain and marine-costal ecosystems.    » read more »

09 May 2007 -- China has become a leading exporter of furniture, plywood and wood flooring. But environmental activists say the industry's need for raw timber is contributing to tropical forest destruction. As Claudia Blume reports from Hong Kong, one group is calling for international pressure on Chinese producers to use sustainable sources of wood.    » read more »

WASHINGTON, May 1st, 2007 — The World Bank’s Board of Directors approved today the Morocco Water Sector Development Policy Loan totaling US$100 million.    » read more »

Plans unveiled by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg yesterday on Earth Day to reduce the strain on natural resources, such as water, air and land, were warmly embraced by officials with the United Nations department that promotes sustainable development.    » read more »