Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 377
‘What Can We Do for You?’ Aid Projects Pour Into Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
YANGON, Jun 09 (IPS) - International aid agencies, big and small, are beating a path to Myanmar, relishing the prospect of launching projects in a nation of 51 million people tentatively emerging from more than five decades of military rule.
Asia-Pacific Region Aims at Hunger-Free Goal by 2030
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 09 (IPS) - The Asia Pacific region - home to two of the world's most populous countries - faces major food security challenges.
According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), both China and India are not only two of the world's biggest producers of food but also the world's biggest consumers.
Humanitarian Aid – Business As Unusual?
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 09 (IPS) - Big business is most often seen by human rights defenders and civil society organisations as "bad news," as those huge heartless, soulless corporations whose exclusive goal is to make the biggest profits possible. Too often and in too many cases this is a proven fact.
New Protocol Aims to Cut Trillion-Dollar Food Waste Bill
- Inter Press Service
COPENHAGEN, Jun 08 (IPS) - Four years ago, 27-year-old Tsering Dorji of western Bhutan's Satsam village took to organic vegetable farming. Since then, thanks to composted manure and organic pesticide, the soil health of his farm has improved, and the yield has increased manifold.
Polynesian Voyagers Bring Messages of Hope to UN on World Oceans Day
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 08 (IPS) - Polynesian voyagers who have sailed the world by canoe using ancient navigation skills will bring pledges they collected along the way to the UN on Wednesday as part of World Oceans Day celebrations.
World Bank Slightly Downgrades Global Economic Prospects for 2016
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 07 (IPS) - Global economic growth prospects for 2016 have been downgraded to 2.4 percent, in contrast to the initial 2.9 percent rate expected in January 2016, according to a World Bank report released here Wednesday.
Coral Reef Tourism in Danger as Reefs Struggle to Adapt to Warming
- Inter Press Service
, Jun 07 (IPS) - A recent UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report on world heritage sites in danger from climate change received widespread media attention after the Australian government requested the removal of a chapter on the Great Barrier Reef.
No More Dumping of Milk in Laikipia
- Inter Press Service
NG’ARUA, Kenya, Jun 07 (IPS) - Daniel Mithamo, 28, grew up knowing that dairy farming is about producing milk in large quantities. You sell a few litres, consume some with your family, and dump the rest for lack of cold storage and decent roads to access markets.
Mega Dams Remain Controversial Source of Energy
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 06 (IPS) - Although mega dams can have devastating impacts on ecosystems and indigenous communities, many of the world's poorest countries still see them as a way to fill gaping holes in their energy supplies.
Closing the Gaps in Fight Against Wildlife Trafficking in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jun 02 (IPS) - Although it violates the international conventions that regulate the wildlife trade, it is possible to go online and find websites to buy, for example, axolotl salamanders (Ambystoma mexicanum) or spiny softshell turtles (Trionyx spiniferus).
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