Global Issues
News headlines for “Nature and Animal Conservation”, page 293
Devastating Droughts Continue as El Nino Subsides
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 21 (IPS) - Although the devastating El Niño of 2015 to 2016 has now subsided, in many parts of Africa, Central America and Southeast Asia rains and harvests are not expected to recover until 2017.
Economic Recovery Needed To Enhance Food Security
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jul 21 (IPS) - After a half century of decline, agricultural commodity prices rose with oil prices in the 1970s, and again for a decade until 2014. Food prices rose sharply from the middle of the last decade, but have been declining since 2012, and especially since last year, triggering concerns of declining investments by farmers.
Malawi Leads Africa's Largest Elephant Translocation
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Jul 20 (IPS) - One of the world's largest and most significant elephant translocations kicked off earlier this month within Liwonde National Park in southern Malawi.
We Ignore Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Livestock Industry at Our Own Peril
- Inter Press Service
HELSINKI, Jul 19 (IPS) - According to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization, the production of meat and other animal-based products is responsible for around 18 to 20 percent of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.
Germany’s Energy Transition: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Inter Press Service
COLOGNE, Germany, Jul 19 (IPS) - Immerath, 90 km away from the German city of Cologne, has become a ghost town. The local church bells no longer ring and no children are seen in the streets riding their bicycles. Its former residents have even carried off their dead from its cemetery.
Fast-track Development Threatens to Leave Indigenous Peoples Behind
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 18 (IPS) - Fast-tracked development often means that indigenous people and their territories get run over and their rights are not taken into consideration, Roberto Borrero, from the International Indian Treaty Council and Indigenous Peoples Major Group, said here Friday.
Biodiversity, GMOs, Gene Drives and the Militarised Mind
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jul 18 (IPS) - A recent report from the National Academy of Science of The United States, titled Gene Drives on the Horizon : Advancing Science, Navigating Uncertainty, and Aligning Research with Public Values", warns:
Rewriting Africa's Agricultural Narrative
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire, Jul 18 (IPS) - Albert Kanga Azaguie no longer considers himself a smallholder farmer. By learning and monitoring the supply and demand value chains of one of the country's staple crops, plantain (similar to bananas), Kanga ventured into off-season production to sell his produce at relatively higher prices.
IPS Interview with Bernadette Lahai On the Pan African Parliament Food and Nutrition Security Agenda
- Inter Press Service
Johannesburg, Jul 13 (IPS) - IPS: In what ways has the Pan African Parliament (PAP) ensured that partners are upholding their commitments following the Parliamentary meeting held during the International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) organized by FAO and the World Health Organization?
Large-Scale Rainwater Harvesting Eases Scarcity in Kenya
- Inter Press Service
NAROK, Kenya, Jul 12 (IPS) - Rainwater harvesting in Kenya and other places is hardly new. But in this water-stressed country, where two-thirds of the land is arid or semiarid, the quest for a lasting solution to water scarcity has driven useful innovations in this age-old practice.
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