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OP-ED: The EU Must Start Fishing Responsibly Now
- Inter Press Service
The loss of marine biodiversity is hurtling forward at an unprecedented rate. At present, the FAO calculates that nearly 80 percent of the world’s fishery resources are fully exploited, overexploited or depleted. Furthermore, marine scientists have suggested that if the current pace of exploitation continues, all fish stocks will have collapsed or disappeared by 2048.
NEPAL: For Maternal Health, Go Door to Door
- Inter Press Service
For the last 17 years, Keshari Maharjan has been going door to door in the outskirts of the Nepali capital to tell people about the services available at health centres in their communities, as well as about how to prevent certain diseases.
U.S. Moves Closer to Development Policy Reform
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. took a major step toward overhauling the way it engages in diplomacy and development work Wednesday.
COLOMBIA: New Boost for Rural Women
- Inter Press Service
'It sounds nice, but it’ll be tough to implement'; 'the most important thing is to translate into reality': These statements by rural women leaders in Colombia sum up the reaction of activists to the government’s decision to revive and refinance a special fund for projects in the countryside led by women.
Q&A: 'Child Marriage Is a Form of Violence Against Women'
- Inter Press Service
At the start of this month, the U.S. Senate unanimously adopted the 'International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act'. Women's rights groups are now urging the Congress's lower chamber to pass it before adjourning at the end of the year.
LABOUR AND GENDER- ZIMBABWE: Redundancy discrimination fears for women
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, 16 Dec (IPS) -- Unskilled female workers employed in Zimbabwe’s struggling textile, security and other industries say they are increasingly finding themselves at the front of the redundancy line in cases that the affected women say reek of gender discrimination.
BRAZIL: Building a 'Reforestation Economy' in the Mata Atlântica
- Inter Press Service
In one of the most environmentally damaged areas of Brazil's Mata Atlântica forest, work is under way to reforest a watershed that supplies Rio de Janeiro, while also establishing a 'reforestation' market that stimulates local job creation and local consumption.
Swaziland/HIV: Community caregivers administer MDR-TB injections in Swaziland
- Inter Press Service
MIDEAST: Israel Now Builds Separation Wall With Africa
- Inter Press Service
After the separation barrier against Palestinian territories, Israel has begun to build a new wall, this one to keep migrants from Africa out. The new wall is coming up on the Egyptian border, and with Egyptian support.
BIODIVERSITY: Dying Beneath the Calm Waters
- Inter Press Service
At first glance, Lake Constance, trapped between Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, looks as peaceful as ever. But under the lake's apparently placid waters, a dramatic change is taking place - one that threatens to obliterate much of local biodiversity.
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