Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1335
Filling the Granaries in Burkina Faso
- Inter Press Service
OUAGADOUGOU, Aug 28 (IPS) - The seeds were sown, and the harvest is beginning to come in. Burkina Faso farmers are reaping the benefits of their government's programme to develop and popularise improved varieties of maize.
U.S. Foreign Weapons Sales Triple, Setting Record
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (IPS) - U.S. weapons sales around the world have massively expanded over the past year, setting several records. Agreements for foreign arms sales in 2011 totalled around 66.3 billion dollars – three times higher than the previous year and constituting an "extraordinary increase", according to the Congressional Research Service.
Feminine Creativity in the Face of Natural Disasters in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Aug 27 (IPS) - Blanca Lima raises all her appliances above flood level, puts boxes of clothes on top of wardrobes, and fills the shelves she installed near the ceiling with all kinds of objects. In less than an hour, she is ready to evacuate her home in case of a flood in the Cuban capital.
Q&A: Smallholder Farmers Driving New Trend Against Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Aug 27 (IPS) - Small-scale irrigation schemes can provide the biggest opportunity for boosting food security in Africa, according to Meredith Giordano, the research director at the International Water Management Institute.
'Eating' Water Latest and Rising Threat to a Thirsty World
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Aug 27 (IPS) - Paradoxically, the water we "eat" is likely to become one of the growing new dangers to millions of the world’s thirsty, hungering for this finite natural resource.
Organ Trafficking Resurfaces in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Aug 27 (IPS) - Despite the enactment of a transplant law in 2010, there are reports of a resurgence of the organ trade in Pakistan. Credit: aturkus/CC BY 2.0 About two months back, 28-year old Asif Ahmed* put up an announcement on the internet to sell one of his kidneys.
Norway Counts the Usefulness of Lending
- Inter Press Service
, Aug 27 (IPS) - The Norwegian government has announced it would assess the legitimacy of developing countries' debt to Norway. In effect it will investigate whether its loans have been useful enough to warrant repayment.
Philippines Floods Prompt Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Aug 27 (IPS) - This year’s floods, one of the worst in Philippine history, destroyed a staggering 57 million dollars worth of crops, pushing this climate vulnerable country to implement disaster risk reduction measures.
Whose Timber is it Anyway?
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, Aug 25 (IPS) - With Pakistan’s last major stands of deodar (cedar) threatened by a ‘timber mafia’, the local people in the Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are resorting to direct action to stop the denudation of their picturesque alpine homeland.
“Justice Fallen to the Wayside” in South Sudanese County
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Aug 25 (IPS) - South Sudanese soldiers are allegedly beating and torturing civilians in the midst of a disarmament campaign in Jonglei state, and many have been unable to access justice because of a lack of prosecutors and judges, according to the United Nations and Human Rights Watch.
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