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Can Land Rights and Education Save an Ancient Indian Tribe?
- Inter Press Service
MALKANGIRI, India, Aug 19 (IPS) - Scattered across 31 remote hilltop villages on a mountain range that towers 1,500 to 4,000 feet above sea level, in the Malkangiri district of India's eastern Odisha state, the Upper Bonda people are considered one of this country's most ancient tribes, having barely altered their lifestyle in over a thousand years.
Island States to Rally Donors at Samoa Meet
- Inter Press Service
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Aug 18 (IPS) - Amid accelerating climate change and other challenges, a major international conference in the South Pacific island nation of Samoa next month represents a key chance for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean to turn the tide.
U.N. Prepares for Overhaul of Arms Trade Reporting
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 18 (IPS) - The Arms Trade Treaty is about to provide the biggest shake-up to conventional arms trade transparency since the end of the Cold War.
Does Iceland Gain From Whaling?
- Inter Press Service
REYKJAVIK, Aug 18 (IPS) - Although fin whaling by Icelanders has encountered increasing opposition over the last year, Icelandic whaling boats headed off to sea again in mid-June for the first hunt of the summer and by August 14 had killed 80 fin whales.
Protecting America's Underwater Serengeti
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama has proposed to more than double the world's no-fishing areas to protect what some call America's underwater Serengeti, a series of California-sized swaths of Pacific Ocean where 1,000-pound marlin cruise by 30-foot-wide manta rays around underwater mountains filled with rare or unique species.
U.S. Waives Sanctions on Myanmar Timber
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (IPS) - Civil society groups are split over a decision by the U.S. government to waive sanctions on Myanmar's timber sector for one year.
Cry for Argentina: Fiscal Mismanagement, Odious Debt or Pillage?
- Inter Press Service
SONOMA, California, Aug 14 (IPS) - Argentina has now taken the U.S. to The Hague for blocking the country's 2005 settlement with the bulk of its creditors. The issue underscores the need for an international mechanism for nations to go bankrupt.
Mining Firms in Peru Mount Legal Offensive Against Inspection Tax
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Aug 14 (IPS) - The leading mining companies in Peru have brought a rash of lawsuits to fight an increase in the tax they pay to cover the costs of inspections and oversight of their potentially environmentally damaging activities.
Gender Equality Gains Traction with Pacific Island Leaders
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Aug 13 (IPS) - A pledge by political leaders two years ago to accelerate efforts toward closing the gender gap in the Pacific Islands has been boosted with the announcement that three women will take the helm of the regional intergovernmental organisation, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, headquartered in Suva, Fiji.
IFC Warned of Systemic Safeguards Failures in Honduras
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (IPS) - For the second time this year, an internal auditor has criticised the World Bank's private sector investment agency over dealings in Honduras, and is warning that similar problems are likely being experienced elsewhere.
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