Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1041
Mauritian Sugar Farmers Squeezed by Low Prices as Bagasse and Ethanol Become Popular By-products
- Inter Press Service
PORT LOUIS, Jun 10 (IPS) - While Mauritius has been forced to transform its sugar industry because of low prices for the commodity, the country's small-scale sugarcane farmers who contribute to it say they are barely earning a living.
Donors to Assist Developing Countries Negotiate Extractives Contracts
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 09 (IPS) - Major donor countries will unveil next week a new initiative aimed at strengthening the ability of developing countries' governments to negotiate complex contracts, particularly around the extractives sector.
First Decolonisation, Now ‘Depatriarchilisation’
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 09 (IPS) - At the end of this week leaders of the Group of 77 and China will meet in Bolivia to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the group.
Latin America’s Forests Need Laws – and Much More
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jun 09 (IPS) - Latin America's parliaments have failed to protect the forests and to guarantee their sustainable use, despite the fact that a number of countries have laws on forests, legislators from the region said at a global summit in the Mexican capital.
Wall Street Sets Its Sights on Renters
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 09 (IPS) - Six years after the financial crisis, Wall Street's housing alchemy engine is revving up again - only this time it's coming for your rental.
Quest for Self-Determination Continues in New Caledonia
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Jun 09 (IPS) - Since the French overseas territory of New Caledonia in the South Pacific was reinstated on the United Nations Decolonisation List in 1986, the indigenous Kanak people have struggled not only against socio-economic disadvantages, but also for the right to determine their political future after more than a century of colonialism.
When Nature Gets a Price Tag
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 09 (IPS) - How much does a forest cost? What's the true economic value of an ocean? Can you pay for an alpine forest or a glacial meadow? And – more importantly – will such calculus save the planet, or subordinate a rapidly collapsing natural world to market forces?
Kiribati President Purchases ‘Worthless’ Resettlement Land as Precaution Against Rising Sea
- Inter Press Service
NAVIAVIA, Fiji, Jun 09 (IPS) - You can count the inhabitants of this isolated, tidy village of multi-coloured houses and flower bushes among global warming's first victims – but not in the usual sense.
Q&A: Developing World Leads in Advancement of Climate Change Laws
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jun 08 (IPS) - Developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are increasingly leading the way in providing a legal framework for climate security and are being hailed for their continued advancement in formulating climate change laws and policies.
Turkey’s Building Boom Takes Toll on Worker Safety
- Inter Press Service
ISTANBUL, Jun 08 (IPS) - The half-built Metsan Nexus complex towers over Istanbul's Kartal district, just one of dozens of massive, high-end, multi-use development projects that are transforming the city's skyline. On May 31, three men were working outside the building's 16th floor when the construction scaffolding beneath them gave way, sending them plummeting to their deaths.
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