News headlines for “Human Population”, page 357
Family Farmers – Forward to the Future
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 17 (IPS) - "Who is more concerned than the rural family with regards to preservation of natural resources for future generations?"
OPINION: The Survivors
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Oct 17 (IPS) - Oct. 18 is the EU's Anti-Trafficking Day, as well as the United Kingdom's Anti-Slavery Day. These events offer a good opportunity to talk about human trafficking within Europe's borders, but we should not forget that there are victims and survivors all over the world.
Cash-Strapped Human Rights Office at Breaking Point, Says New Chief
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 16 (IPS) - After six weeks in office, the new U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein of Jordan launched a blistering attack on member states for insufficient funding, thereby forcing operations in his office to the breaking point "in a world that seems to be lurching from crisis to ever-more dangerous crisis."
Ethiopia Shows Developing World How to Make a Green Economy Prosper
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 16 (IPS) - Ethiopia has experienced its fair share of environmental damage and degradation but nowadays it is increasingly setting an example on how to combat climate change while also achieving economic growth.
Africa Can Be its Own ‘Switzerland'
- Inter Press Service
MARRAKECH, Oct 16 (IPS) - Africa has the capacity to access at least 200 billion dollars for sustainable development investment but it will remain a slave to foreign aid unless it improves the climate for investment and trade and plugs illicit financial flows, development experts say.
Civil Society in Cuba Finds More Space Under the Reforms
- Inter Press Service
CÃRDENAS, Cuba, Oct 16 (IPS) - Cafés, real estate agencies, taxis and other small privately-owned businesses and cooperatives in Cuba have brought new life to the depressed local economy and have given rise to pockets of prosperity in the country's towns and cities.
Corruption, Tax Evasion Fuel Inequality in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Oct 14 (IPS) - Corruption and tax evasion are flagrant violations of human rights in Latin America, where they contribute to inequality and injustice in the countries of the region, according to studies and experts consulted by IPS.
Vanuatu Puts Indigenous Rights First in Land Reform
- Inter Press Service
PORT VILA, Oct 14 (IPS) - Stemming widespread corruption in the leasing of customary land to investors is the aim of bold land reform, introduced this year in the Southwest Pacific Island state of Vanuatu, which puts the rights of traditional landowners above the discretionary powers of politicians.
Cycle of Death, Destruction and Rebuilding Continues in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 13 (IPS) - When the international pledging conference to rebuild a devastated Gaza ended in Cairo over the weekend - the third such conference in less than six years - the lingering question among donors was: is this the last of it or are there more assaults to come?
Can China Pacify Its Restive Minorities Peacefully?
- Inter Press Service
HONG KONG, Oct 13 (IPS) - The Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti was recently sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of separatism.
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