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Chinese Dissident Found Hanged in Hospital
- Inter Press Service
A leading Chinese dissident imprisoned after the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests has been found hanged in hospital.
MEXICO: Farmers Use Traditional Knowledge to Deal with Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Small farmers in Mexico, who receive little institutional support, are drawing on their traditional knowledge to deal with and adapt to climate change, experts say.
Calls for an African Green Revolution, Only Smarter
- Inter Press Service
To deal with looming food crises in the coming decades, Africa needs a Green Revolution on par with what took place in Asia during the 1960s and 1970s, according to experts in Washington.
Calls for an African Green Revolution, Only Smarter
- Inter Press Service
To deal with looming food crises in the coming decades, Africa needs a Green Revolution on par with what took place in Asia during the 1960s and 1970s, according to experts in Washington.
World Faces Stark Choice at Rio+20, UN Report Warns
- Inter Press Service
Irreversible environmental damage threatens to destabilise the world's life-support systems unless urgent action is taken, according to the latest Global Environment Report (GEO-5) which looks to the Rio+20 summit as a crucial opportunity to halt this decline.
Spiral of Violence Causes Spike in PTSD
- Inter Press Service
Since the forced disappearance of his son Jethro in May 2011, Héctor Sánchez has found an outlet for his grief in activism. So far he has turned down psychological support offered by the Mexican Attorney-General's Office and human rights organisations.
Water Knows No Border Between Angola and Namibia
- Inter Press Service
A transboundary initiative aimed at providing clean drinking water and proper sanitation between Angola and Namibia is making steady progress.
Rural Zambia’s Drinking Supply Fraught with Danger and Disease
- Inter Press Service
Bupe Bana-Victor has lived in the Mwense district of Luapula Province in northern Zambia all her life. And for her, water talk is synonymous with the Luapula River, which lies just 20 metres from her village and snakes through the entire region before it joins the Lualaba River — a tributary of the mighty Congo, Africa’s second-largest river.
Fair Trade Alive and Well in Spain Despite Recession
- Inter Press Service
The economic and financial crisis afflicting the countries of the European Union (EU) has scarcely affected sales of fair trade products from Latin America, especially food products, in Spain.
Ahead of Rio+20, 'The Economy is Already Turning Green'
- Inter Press Service
While governments make a last desperate attempt to agree on a plan of action for next week's Rio+20 summit on sustainable development — including plans on the transition to a green economy and a set of sustainable development goals — the real economy is already turning green, according to Italy’s minister of environment, Corrado Clini.
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