From: 5min.com on AOL on Thu, Sep 16 2010 12:49 PM

Increasing pressure on natural resources in Mosquitia, Honduras, is threatening the ecosystem. Preserving the biosphere means finding new resources of income.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Thu, Sep 16 2010 12:49 PM

Economically it’s difficult for everyone in Ethiopia. Since the world's coffee prices tumbled, people living in the highlands haven't been buying so much meat, which means fewer sales for the herders in the lowland.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Thu, Sep 16 2010 12:49 PM

Because the Pygmy people are very connected to the nature, even when they have work outside the forest, they go back to the forest for the harvest. The Baka people also have problems with working because they are treated differently.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Sep 12 2010 8:52 PM

Crock Pot Beef Stew Recipe from the Cajun recipes at Cajun Cooking TV.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Sep 07 2010 1:02 PM

The conflicts about water use between upstream and downstream communities+C208 are about sharing and protecting the water system of the Ping river.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Sep 07 2010 10:42 AM

There are several techniques that long line fisher boats can use to prevent the death of albatrosses. One of these methods is to fish at night, so the albatrosses to see the fishing lines or baits. Another solutions is to use weights, which will sink the

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Sep 07 2010 10:42 AM

In the South Georgian waters albatrosses are protected, but illegal or pirate fishermen keep on fishing in these waters without any protective solution for the albatrosses.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Sep 07 2010 10:42 AM

The rains forests in Indonesia are disappearing in a rapid pace. Indonesia is the largest exporter of tropical wood and at least half of its trade in timber is set to be illegal.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Sep 07 2010 10:42 AM

The ocean is being worn out by overfishing and wrong fishing methods. But the demand for fish is increasing, forcing the fishing industry to supply to that demand.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Sep 07 2010 10:42 AM

Overfishing is a fact of life in some countries in the world, like in Senegal. It’s getting harder for the fishermen to catch fish, but they’re endangering the natural balance by catching the small fish as well.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Sep 07 2010 10:42 AM

Nature’s symptoms of the global climate change is noticeable everywhere around the world, like the mangroves in Costa Rica or in Polynesia.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Sep 07 2010 10:42 AM

When the Aswan Dam in Egypt was built, it was meant to stop the annual Nile floods and to bring drinking water to the vast population. Unfortunately, the dam had undesirable side effects which caused contamination of the Nile Delta waters.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Sep 07 2010 10:42 AM

A lot of fishermen in Egypt choose to switch their focus from fishing to eco tourism, due to the difficulties in fishery.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Sep 07 2010 10:42 AM

In this episode you will learn more about the largest marine reserves in Europe and what the consequences are certain fishing methods.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Sep 07 2010 10:42 AM

Shrimp farming has become more important for San Pablo in Ecuador and the fishery. Larva gatherers sieve the low waters to catch larva of a certain type of shrimps to sell them.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Sep 07 2010 10:42 AM

Twenty years ago there were 70% more forest around the Hai Xi village, there was enough wood for our daily needs. But now the forest is destroyed, there’s hardly any wild animals left for hunting.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Sep 07 2010 10:42 AM

Researchers are investigating how the trees in the Amazon absorb carbon dioxide in order to eventually understand the consequences of the increasing carbon dioxide emission in the world.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Sep 07 2010 10:41 AM

Without any adequate information, settlers in the Amazon move their cattle each day a bit further on the land, which can destroy the nature’s balance.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Sep 07 2010 10:41 AM

Millionaire Douglas Tompkins bought up over 300,000 hectares of forests in Southern Chili and he has almost completed the creation of a nature reserve. The preservation of the rain forest in Chili is important for the residents and their way of living.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Sep 07 2010 10:41 AM

Mae Thachang Watershed Community offers a platform for the downstream and upstream villagers of the Ping River to come to a solution for the use of the Ping River.