News headlines for “Trade, Economy, & Related Issues”, page 2078
A Caribbean Cinderella: St. Domingo’s Colonial Zone
- Inter Press Service
Santo Domingo de Guzmán was the New World’s first colonial city, the Spanish Empire’s capital, the Catholic Church’s Rome in the West Indies, and Francis Drake’s most coveted prize.
EDUCATION: Student Drop Out Rate on the Increase Despite Free Education
- Inter Press Service
2010 will go down in history as the year when the first batch of pupils to benefit from the government’s introduction of free primary education sat for their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE).
GUATEMALA: New Law Hits Drug Cartels, Corrupt Officials Where They Hurt
- Inter Press Service
A new law that will allow Guatemalan courts to seize goods and assets obtained through illegal activities, including drug trafficking and corruption, is being hailed as the new hope in fighting organised crime.
BRAZIL: Climate Change Means New Crop Health Concerns
- Inter Press Service
Farming around the globe, already reeling from drought, heat waves and major storms, will have to prepare for the new challenges that global warming will bring, especially in the form of pests and disease.
BRAZIL: Oil Palm Plantations Expand on Degraded Land in Amazon
- Inter Press Service
Brazil hopes to eventually become a major producer of palm oil, thanks to the expansion of this new exotic monoculture crop in the eastern Amazon jungle, where eucalyptus plantations are also mushrooming on broad swaths of already deforested land.
AGRICULTURE - SOUTH AFRICA: Small Scale Farmers Face Uphill Battle
- Inter Press Service
Just before sunrise 39-year -old Alan Simons, an emerging small-scale farmer, gets ready for his usual nine-hour day of harvesting, packing and deliveries. In his black Nissan van he drives ten kilometres to the seaside town of Strand outside of Cape Town to pick up his six workers, all of who are women.
Assumptions on Overfishing Challenged
- Inter Press Service
For decades, fisheries around the world have relied on practices that take for granted certain assumptions about the industry, such as protecting younger fish while exploiting older fish and using trophic levels to monitor the health of fisheries. Recently, however, some scientists have begun to question these unanimously accepted practices. Experts are beginning to think that the science behind the global fishing industry may be completely wrong.
CHINA: Scientists Push Desalination Meet Water Shortages
- Inter Press Service
While China faces grave water shortages, researchers at institutions across the country are working on new water- saving and desalination technologies that they hope can alleviate the crisis in the crucial years to come.
BIODIVERSITY: A Year for Limited Optimism
- Inter Press Service
Nearly 12 months ago, when the U.N. heralded 2010 as the ‘International Year of Biodiversity’, unrealistic goals seemed to indicate failure for the ambitious initiative. But now that the year is drawing to a close, some experts also see the year’s progress as encouraging, and a reason for optimism.
PAKISTAN: When Men Fear Telling Their Wives About HIV
- Inter Press Service
As a peer educator at a local HIV/AIDS organisation, Ahmad (not his real name) has taken care to teach his own wife anything and everything he knows about the disease.
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