Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1311
Pangolin Trade Betrays Apathy for Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct 10 (IPS) - Conservationists see the decimation of pangolins (scaly anteaters) in Pakistan as a sign of the callousness with which this country’s rich biodiversity is being traded away for commercial gain.
Market Gardening, a Ladder to Progress for Bolivians in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 09 (IPS) - At the age of 53, Alberto Ramírez has come a long way since he came from Bolivia to Argentina every year during the harvest season since he was 12 years old, to work alongside his father. He now has a prosperous vegetable and fruit wholesale business in this city on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
Health Alliance Brings Pricy Pneumococcal Vaccine to Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 09 (IPS) - Pakistan, where some 126,000 children under five years old die from pneumonia every year, launched a new pneumococcal vaccine Tuesday, making it the first South Asian country to do so.
When it Comes to Hunger, Zero is the Only Acceptable Number
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 09 (IPS) - New data from the United Nations reveals that there has been progress in reducing the number of hungry people worldwide. But an estimate that nearly 870 million people, one in eight, suffered from chronic undernourishment over the last two years is “unacceptable”, experts say.
Guatemala under Pressure to Investigate Shooting of Native Protesters
- Inter Press Service
GUATEMALA CITY, Oct 09 (IPS) - The deaths of eight indigenous demonstrators taking part in a protest against the Guatemalan government in the southwestern province of Totonicapán have provoked outrage within the country and abroad. The protesters accuse the army of shooting into the crowd.
Q&A: Global Economy, Meet One Billion Co-op Members
- Inter Press Service
QUEBEC CITY, Canada, Oct 09 (IPS) - The international rally to take the global cooperative movement to the next level is in full swing at the International Summit of Cooperatives here, which kicked off on Monday.
Bicycles Defend Their Place in Mexico City’s Concrete Jungle
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Oct 09 (IPS) - Juan Longueiro, 56, uses the bicycles of the Ecobici system three times a day, to commute to and from work and to exercise along the Paseo de la Reforma, a central Mexico City avenue.
Funds Crunch Skews Aichi Targets on Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
, Oct 09 (IPS) - The United Nations 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Biodiversity (COP 11 CBD), underway in this southern Indian city, is lost on where to garner the billions of dollars needed to implement the ‘Aichi targets,’ due to be met by 2020.
Chávez Victory Brings Challenges for “21st Century Socialism”
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Oct 08 (IPS) - The landslide victory of Hugo Chávez, who was re-elected as president of Venezuela on Sunday, could translate into an acceleration of his socialist project or a toning down of his programme, which could help open up channels of understanding with the part of the country that has opposed him since he first came to power in 1999.
Guatemalans Turn to Mutual Aid to Overcome Poverty
- Inter Press Service
GUATEMALA CITY, Oct 08 (IPS) - "Our economic situation improved a great deal because we obtained more income for our families" as a result of setting up a social enterprise, Matilde García, who makes fashion jewellery in the municipality of Pastores, 60 km west of the capital of Guatemala, told IPS.
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