News headlines for “Human Population”, page 539
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Women Call the Shots on Mega Copper Mine
- Inter Press Service
Whether the world’s largest open-cut mine on this island territory of Papua New Guinea (PNG) will resume copper and gold production, after being mothballed for 22 years, will depend on how satisfied matrilineal landowners are with the proposals.
MIDEAST: Palestinian Refugees Find a Model for Return
- Inter Press Service
In a new project that has tackled one of the most divisive issues plaguing the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, a diverse group of academics, architects, urban planners and Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups are examining how the right of return of Palestinian refugees can be implemented on the ground.
PERU: Campesinas Protect Traditional Diversity of Food Crops
- Inter Press Service
Dina Apomayta is heir to the 3,500-year legacy of the Andean cultures of Tiwanaku and Lupaca, which venerated the land. And she and many other rural women in Peru continue to nurture the agricultural biodiversity that has been handed down from generation to generation.
Women in Rural Argentina Speak Out on Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Rural and indigenous women in northern Argentina, hit hard by the expanding agricultural frontier, deforestation and the spraying of toxic pesticides, spoke out about their problems and set forth proposals for discussion at the next global summit on climate change.
Worsening Economy Hardening Views on Migrants
- Inter Press Service
'Since the economic crisis, migrants are increasingly at risk from racism and xenophobia,' president of the United Nations General Assembly Nassir Abdulaiziz Al-Nasser said at a meeting on migration and communication in Helsinki Thursday.
RIGHTS-JAPAN: Lifer’s Case Tells Migrant Workers' Plight
- Inter Press Service
A Nepalese worker serving life for a murder he denies committing has become the rallying point for activists lobbying for the rights of migrant labour.
To Be Black in Iraq
- Inter Press Service
'Before being deployed to Iraq I never thought I’d come across people who physically resemble my friends and family back in Buffalo,' says U.S. marines sergeant William Collins on a rare patrol around Basra’s Zubeir district.
To Be Black in Iraq
- Inter Press Service
'Before being deployed to Iraq I never thought I’d come across people who physically resemble my friends and family back in Buffalo,' says U.S. marines sergeant William Collins on a rare patrol around Basra’s Zubeir district.
CUBA: Women’s Department Draws Attention to Inequality
- Inter Press Service
Continuing its mission to promote gender studies and use academia to demonstrate the inequalities between women and men in Cuba, the Women’s Studies Department is celebrating 20 years of work with new challenges in terms of researching and drawing attention to the disadvantages faced by the female population.
CUBA: Women’s Department Draws Attention to Inequality
- Inter Press Service
Continuing its mission to promote gender studies and use academia to demonstrate the inequalities between women and men in Cuba, the Women’s Studies Department is celebrating 20 years of work with new challenges in terms of researching and drawing attention to the disadvantages faced by the female population.
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