Global IssuesUnearthing Trinidad's Carib Ancestry
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr 30 (IPS) - Ricardo Bharath-Hernandez, like most citizens of Trinidad and Tobago, has probably lost count of the millions of dollars being spent to renovate the Greek revival style "Red House" that serves as the parliament building in the oil-rich twin island republic.
Opinions Deeply Divided Over Fracking in Argentina
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
BUENOS AIRES, Apr 30 (IPS) - The enthusiasm of the government and oil and gas companies over Argentina's unconventional fuel potential has come up against fierce opposition from communities living near the country's shale gas reserves and environmental organisations.
Where the Sea Has Risen Too High Already
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
AUKI, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands, Apr 30 (IPS) - The deceptively calm waters of Langa Langa Lagoon on the west coast of Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands is home to thousands of people who have lived on artificial islands for centuries. For generations the islanders in this south-west Pacific nation have employed tenacity and ingenuity to maintain their existence on these tiny low-lying man-made atolls, devoid of freshwater and arable land. But climate change is now the greatest threat to their survival.
Post-Conflict Trauma Haunts Solomon Islands
Monday, April 29, 2013
HONIARA, Solomon Islands, Apr 29 (IPS) - After ten years of working towards peace and reconciliation in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, following a five-year civil conflict known as the ‘Tensions' (1998-2003) which left 30,000 people displaced and hundreds unaccounted for, people now go about their daily lives in improved freedom and personal security. But below the surface, untreated post-conflict trauma continues to impact many individuals and communities.
Bedouin Resist Israeli Shove
Monday, April 29, 2013
KHAN AL-AHMAR, Occupied West Bank, Apr 29 (IPS) - Dozens of metal and wooden tents cling to the rocky hillside, just outside of Jerusalem along the road leading to the Dead Sea, while the unmistakable red roofs of Israeli settlements peak out from behind opposite hilltops.
African Governments Recognise Land Rights But Promote Landgrabbing
Thursday, April 25, 2013
YAOUNDÉ, Apr 25 (IPS) - Bordered by a rubber plantation in the west, a forestry plantation in the east and a palm oil farm in the south, the 18 local communities that live in Ocean Division, southern Cameroon, have had an uphill struggle for the rights to their land.
Mining and Logging Companies “Leaving Chile without Water”
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
SANTIAGO, Apr 23 (IPS) - More than 100 environmental, social and indigenous organisations protested Monday in the Chilean capital to demand that the state regain control over the management of water, which was privatised by the dictatorship in 1981.
Their Missing Daughters
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
GUWAHATI, India, Apr 23 (IPS) - It is as if they have given up hope of ever seeing their girls again. They are an Adivasi family from a remote village in Assam state in India, nestled in the Himalayan foothills. The picturesque surroundings belie the hollowness they feel within.
World Bank Urged to Include Human Rights in Safeguards Review
Saturday, April 20, 2013
WASHINGTON, Apr 20 (IPS) - Backed by the German government and prominent civil society voices, United Nations experts are calling for the World Bank to explicitly incorporate international human right standards into its "safeguards" to minimise negative impacts of bank financing on vulnerable communities and environments.
Chilean Court Suspends Pascua Lama Mine
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
SANTIAGO, Apr 10 (IPS) - Environmental groups and indigenous Diaguita communities of the Huasco Valley in northern Chile celebrated a court decision Wednesday that will bring to a complete halt work on the Pascua Lama gold, silver and copper mine belonging to Canada's Barrick gold.
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