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Private Nature Reserves in Latin America Seek a Bigger Role
- Inter Press Service
PUNTA LEONA, Costa Rica, Nov 20 (IPS) - Private voluntary nature reserves in Latin America should be seen as allies in policies on the environment, climate change mitigation and the preservation of biological diversity in rainforests, say experts.
“Jasmine Revolution” Challenges Male Domination of Tea Trade Unions
- Inter Press Service
Thiruvananthapuram, India, Nov 18 (IPS) - Until September this year, Lissie Sunny was not a name known to the Indian public. All of this changed when this lean and dark woman, working for over a quarter century plucking tea leaves in the misty mountain slopes of southern India finally had enough and took on one of the most powerful tea companies in the world.
Latin America to Push for Food Security Laws as a Bloc
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Nov 17 (IPS) - Lawmakers in the Parliamentary Front Against Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean decided at a regional meeting to work as a bloc for the passage of laws on food security – an area in which countries in the region have show uneven progress.
Opinion: Risks? What Risks?
- Inter Press Service
MIAMI, Florida, Nov 17 (IPS) - We humans are acutely aware of risks. From our earliest times, the risks we faced were from hunger, predatory animals, extreme environmental conditions and, as our numbers grew, from other human tribes.
Uruguay Puts High Priority on Renewable Energies
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Nov 17 (IPS) - Uruguay is modifying its energy mix with the aim of achieving carbon neutrality by 2030, by means of a strategy that bolsters non-conventional clean energy sources through public-private partnerships and new investment. A majority of this South American country's energy already comes from renewable sources.
Africa Gears for Infrastructural Boom
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Nov 13 (IPS) - The upcoming week for the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), which runs from November 13-17 in Abidjan, the capital city of Ivory Coast, is set to throw this continent into the full gear of infrastructural boom, development experts here say.
Leading Powers to Double Renewable Energy Supply by 2030
- Inter Press Service
SAN JOSÉ, Nov 12 (IPS) - Eight of the world's leading economies will double their renewable energy supply by 2030 if they live up to their pledges to contribute to curbing global warming, which will be included in the new climate treaty.
Improved Post-Harvest Fish Handling Brings Hope to Western Zambia
- Inter Press Service
MONGU, Zambia, Nov 12 (IPS) - Hadon Sichali has been in the fish trade for over 22 years. But he says only now does he feel a true businessman—but why?
Analysis: Is Empowerment of Women a Will-o’-the-Wisp?
- Inter Press Service
PHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON, Nov 10 (IPS) - Few dispute that women's autonomy and betterment of their lives are moral imperatives. But whether these are also key to economic development is contested.
School Meals Bolster Family Farming in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
ITABORAÃ, Brazil, Nov 09 (IPS) - "That law should have existed since the end of slavery, which threw slaves into the street without offering them adequate conditions for working and producing, turning them into semi-slaves," said Brazilian farmer Idevan Correa.
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