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Mushroom farmers bloom in Cameroon
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 02 (IPS) - In the NW region of Cameroon, mushrooms are a cherished delicacy, eaten by almost every household. Yet in the markets mushroom is scarce and farmer say successful cultivation is highly profitable.
Mining Industry’s Attempts at Transparency Falling Short in Peru
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 02 (IPS) - LIMA, Jun 29 2012 (IPS) - Peru was certified as compliant with the global standard of the Extractive Industries Transparencies Initiative (EITI) earlier this year. However, its achievements have not satisfied the demands of the local population in mining and oil extraction zones.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Caribbean Women Caught in the Storm
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 02 (IPS) - SANTO DOMINGO, Jun 29 2012 (IPS) - Incorporating a gender focus in public policies for confronting and adapting to the impacts of climate change is still a pending task in the Caribbean, despite women’s proven skills in risk and disaster management.
NEWSBRIEF: Youth-Friendly Apps Visualise Carbon Footprint
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 02 (IPS) - Following what many regard as a disappointment at the recent Rio+20 Earth Summit, the World Bank and several groups have begun implementing new initiatives to “personalise” climate change, in hopes of revitalising the issue among the younger generation.
Poland Clings On to Coal
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Jul 02 (IPS) - Coal has brought its own compulsions for Poland, as it has for many other countries in the call to move to more renewable and cleaner sources of energy.
Back to Kashmir in Hope and Fear
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, Jul 02 (IPS) - After spending more than 15 years in Pakistan Administered Kashmir, Rafiq Mir (name changed) is keen to come back to his home in the part of Kashmir administered by India.
Going It Alone After the Rio Circus
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 01 (IPS) - The works starts now, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said at the conclusion of the summit on sustainable development in Rio last week. This was about the only UN statement that civil society groups seem to agree with. It is on the precise task at hand that they differ.
Community Volunteers Convince Ugandan Families to Have Fewer Children
- Inter Press Service
It is midmorning at the Kanungu Health Centre IV and the queue of patients grows as more people start to arrive for treatment at this rural facility more than 400 kilometres outside the Ugandan capital of Kampala.
Mapping out Climate Change Adaptation Plans on Kenya’s Airwaves
- Inter Press Service
On a Wednesday morning in Mutitu-Andei township in Makueni County, one of Kenya’s driest areas, smallholder farmer Josephine Mutiso tunes into Radio Mang’elete 89.1 FM and listens as meteorological experts discuss the changes in rainfall patterns in the county.
Cameroon's Baka Evicted from Forests Set Aside for Logging
- Inter Press Service
As Lysette Mendum listens to the sound of bulldozers crashing through the forest clearing a road to a mining site near her small village of Assoumdele in the Ngoyla-Mintom forest block in Cameroon’s East Region, she has never been more fearful in her life.
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