News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 763
Indigenous Peoples Lands Guard 80 Per Cent of World’s Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Feb 09 (IPS) - They are more than 370 million self-identified peoples in some 70 countries around the world. In Latin America alone there are over 400 groups, each with a distinct language and culture, though the biggest concentration is in Asia and the Pacific– with an estimated 70 per cent. And their traditional lands guard over 80 per cent of the planet's biodiversity.
Innovative Credit Model Holds Out Lifeline to Farmers in Honduras
- Inter Press Service
PASO REAL, Honduras, Feb 08 (IPS) - In this village in southern Honduras, in one of the poorest parts of the country, access to credit is limited, the banking sector is not supportive of agriculture, and nature punishes with recurrent extreme droughts.
US, EU Food Standards Major Hurdle for Caribbean Exporters
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 07 (IPS) - As Caricom countries struggle to move away from their traditional reliance on a single industry or major crop in the face of growing economic uncertainty worldwide, they are finding it increasingly difficult to enter markets in the EU and North America with new types of food products.
Female Genital Mutilation is a Gruesome Impediment to the Empowerment of Women
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Feb 06 (IPS) - On 06 February 2017, the world marks the 14th International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
IFAD 2017 – It’s Women’s Turn in Rural Development
- Inter Press Service
BRASILIA, Feb 06 (IPS) - Josefina Stubbs, from the Dominican Republic, may become the first woman to preside over the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), which is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty.
World’s 40,000 MP’s Must Enjoy Their Rights - But Are They?
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Feb 06 (IPS) - "Members of Parliament must be free to enjoy their human rights. If not, how can they defend and promote the rights of those who elected them? Yet, around the world vocal parliamentarians find themselves under threat. The 40,000-strong community of parliamentarians includes many men and women who have risked careers and even their lives to express their beliefs."
New, Aggressive Rust Imperils Wheat Crops in Europe, Africa, Asia
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Feb 05 (IPS) - Wheat rust, a family of fungal diseases that can cause crop losses of up to 100 per cent in untreated susceptible wheat, is making further advances in Europe, Africa and Asia, according to two new studies produced by scientists in collaboration with the United Nations.
US Trade Hawks and the China Bogey
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 03 (IPS) - New US President Donald Trump has long insisted that its major trading partners having been taking advantage of it. Changing these trade terms and conditions will thus be top priority for his administration, and central to overall Trump economic strategy to ‘Make America Great Again'.
Families of the “Disappeared” Search for Clandestine Graves in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
NAVOLATO, Mexico, Feb 01 (IPS) - He is eight years old and is looking for his younger sister, Zoe Zuleica Torres Gómez, who went missing in December 2015, when she was only five years old, in the northeastern state of San Luis Potosí. He is the youngest searcher for clandestine graves in Mexico.
We Need a New Social Movement Against Inequality
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 01 (IPS) - Oxfam's latest estimate that just eight super-rich people – down from 62 last year and 388 just six years ago - own more wealth than the poorest half of the world population is a clarion call to change the way we think about and try to tackle inequality.
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