News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 787
Without Indigenous People, Conservation Is a Halfway Measure
- Inter Press Service
HONOLULU, Hawaii, USA, Sep 05 (IPS) - "You don't convert your own house in a tourist site," said Oussou Lio Appolinaire, an activist from Benin, wearing a traditional outfit in vivid yellows and greens. He was referring to opening up to tourists places that are sacred to indigenous people.
Eastern Gorilla, Our ‘Closest Cousin’, Added to Endangered Species List
- Inter Press Service
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sep 04 (IPS) - Our closest cousin in the animal world, the Eastern Gorilla, is sliding towards extinction because of illegal hunting, the IUCN announced today in the latest update of its Red List of Threatened Species.
Stockbreeding – Opportunity and Threat for a Sustainable Latin America
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Sep 04 (IPS) - Stockbreeding generates enormous profits in Latin America, but it also has a broad and varied impact on the environment, which means it must urgently be turned into a sustainable, green-friendly, socially accepted and profitable activity.
Elephant Census Ramps Up Pressure to Stop Domestic Trade in Ivory
- Inter Press Service
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sep 03 (IPS) - A dramatic decline in Africa's savanna elephant populations caused by poaching - as exposed by the results of a three-year aerial survey released this week - has piled pressure on reluctant governments to back proposals that would lead to bans on domestic trade in ivory.
At the Nexus of Water and Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sep 03 (IPS) - With the clock counting down towards the November climate summit in Marrakech, Morocco, where parties to the climate treaty agreed in Paris will negotiate implementation, it's clear that managing water resources will be a key aspect of any effective deal.
Dire Warnings But Also Hope as IUCN Environmental Congress Opens
- Inter Press Service
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sep 02 (IPS) - A congress billed as the world's largest ever to focus on the environment has opened to warnings that our planet is at a "tipping point" but also with expressions of hope that governments, civil society and big business are learning to work together.
Rich Countries Should to Take Development Goals Seriously Too
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 02 (IPS) - The UN's new Sustainable Development Goals apply to all 193 UN member states, yet one year in some say that rich countries aren't taking their critical role quite as seriously as they should be.
Rousseff’s Ouster Won’t Clear Up Uncertainty in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 02 (IPS) - The dismissal of now ex-president Dilma Rousseff brings to a close a turbulent chapter of Brazil's crisis, but does nothing to clear up the doubts that threaten the political system and the economy of Latin America's powerhouse.
Obama Stresses Climate Change Urgency Ahead of IUCN Congress
- Inter Press Service
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sep 01 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama has stressed the urgency of tackling climate change in a speech to Pacific leaders in his home state of Hawaii.
Revisiting the Journey to the Sustainable Development Goals
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 31 (IPS) - It's been almost one year since heads of state and government adopted ‘Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development' - the ambitious agenda which contains 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) and 169 targets during a special session of the UN General Assembly on 25 September 2015.
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