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OP-ED: Financing of Disaster Risk Reduction Needs Urgent Reform
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Sep 18 (IPS) - Over 20 years, disaster losses in developing nations have amounted to 862 billion dollars (a considerable under-estimate). During this period the international community has spent just 13.5 billion dollars on disaster risk reduction (DRR), equivalent to 40 cents of every 100 dollars of development aid – this has to change.
Trinidad Cracks Down on Destructive Shrimp Trawling
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Sep 18 (IPS) - Dianne Christian Simmons recalls the days when she would head out with her husband on fishing expeditions in the Gulf of Paria, a 3,000-square-mile shallow inland sea between Trinidad and Tobago and the east coast of Venezuela.
Nigerians Uncertain of Future in Bakassi Peninsula
- Inter Press Service
BAKASSI PENINSULA, Cameroon, Sep 18 (IPS) - Thomas Effiom, a 35-year old fisher in Jabane, a small locality in Cameroon's Bakassi Peninsula, scoops off floodwaters from the muddy floor of his house. It is a ritual he performs each time the Atlantic Ocean overflows.
Free Lunches Come at an Environmental Cost
- Inter Press Service
BANGALORE, India, Sep 18 (IPS) - In spite of India's much-publicised national renewable energy policy as part of its international commitments to reduce carbon emissions, its Mid Day Meal (MDM) Scheme, the world's largest school lunch programme, has no energy conservation or even a fuel policy in its workings.
Homosexuals Cornered in Russia
- Inter Press Service
ST. PETERSBURG, Sep 18 (IPS) - "It's okay to be gay in Russia if you live in a big city such as St. Petersburg or Moscow, study at university or work at a liberal company, but even here you can't feel absolutely safe," says Nikita Mironov, describing the climate of fear that many homosexuals face in Russia.
United Nations Still Popular in Most Countries
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 18 (IPS) - On the eve of the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly, a newly released survey of 39 countries shows that the world body remains relatively popular around the globe.
Mutual Interests Could Aid U.S.-Iran Détente
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 17 (IPS) - In the wake of a renewed diplomatic push on the Iranian nuclear front, shared interests in Iran's backyard could pave the way for Washington and Tehran to work toward overcoming decades of hostility.
Climate Change Threatens Crop Yields in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 17 (IPS) - Crop yields in Brazil, an agricultural powerhouse, are set to decline as a result of climate change, according to the most complete diagnosis yet of climate trends in this country.
Kenyans Seek Justice as ICC Case Falters
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Sep 17 (IPS) - As Kenya's deputy president William Ruto and co-accused journalist Joshua Sang resumed their trial for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday, Sept. 17, many in this East African nation were debating if the trial will continue to its end as four more witnesses withdrew from testifying on Sept. 15.
Teaching Forest Communities How to Live with REDD
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA?, Sep 17 (IPS) - As the ink dries on a 3.6 million dollar agreement between Uganda and the World Bank to support the country's preparations for REDD, some analysts are pessimistic over the mechanism's potential.
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