Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 511
Senegal Walks a Fine Line Between Development and Environmental Protection
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Jun 22 (IPS) - While the cement factories in Senegal are at war, ostensibly over the environmental impact one company will have on this West African nation, experts have cautioned that as the government plans to radically develop and industrialise the country, striking a balance between environmental protection and development will be key.
Afghans Look Beyond Elections
- Inter Press Service
LAKSHKARGAH, Afghanistan, Jun 20 (IPS) - With protests erupting Thursday over alleged voter fraud during Afghanistan's first-ever democratic transfer of power, and presidential hopeful Abdullah Abdullah announcing his intention to boycott the electoral process, ordinary Afghans are beginning to despair that they will ever start to feel a sense of normalcy in their country, ravaged by years of civil war.
Green Groups Offer Broad Vision for Global Paper Sector Reforms
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 19 (IPS) - More than 120 environmental groups from across the globe have offered a comprehensive vision document on how to enact, strengthen and implement sustainability reforms across the paper sector.
IT and Internet Offer Possibilities of Overcoming Blockade in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Jun 19 (IPS) - "After graduating, I joined the thousands of other graduates on the list of the unemployed. Then I read about a project that offers a technology incubator for youth projects, applied, was accepted and now I'm no longer on that list!
Water Cut-off in U.S. City Violates Human Rights, Say Activists
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 19 (IPS) - When the United Nations reaches out to resolve a water or sanitation crisis, it is largely across urban slums and remote villages in Asia, Africa or Latin America and the Caribbean.
U.S. Turns Attention to Ocean Conservation, Food Security
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 19 (IPS) - A first-time U.S.-hosted summit on protecting the oceans has resulted in pledges worth some 800 million dollars to be used for conservation efforts.
Argentina Once More on the Map, Invited by BRICS
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jun 18 (IPS) - As Argentina starts to mend fences with the international financial markets, the emerging powers that make up the BRICS bloc invited it to their next summit. This could be a step towards this country's reinsertion in the global map, after its ostracism from the credit markets since the late 2001 debt default.
Women Breeders Bring Change
- Inter Press Service
KUTCH, India, Jun 18 (IPS) - When Sangan Bhai, a humble man in the Kutch region of India's western state of Gujarat, was offered a position as an executive member of the local camel breeder's association, he made a decision that surprised his community: instead of accepting the prestigious post he offered his wife's name instead.
Picture the World as a Desert
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 17 (IPS) - Try to imagine an expanse of barren land, stretching for miles, with no trace of greenery, not a single bough to cast a sliver of shade, or a trickle of water to moisten the parched earth. Now imagine that desert expanding by 12 million hectares a year. Why? Because it's already happening.
Op-Ed: Overcoming the Twin Hurdles of Inequality and Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 17 (IPS) - Two major injustices – inequality and climate change – are threatening to undermine the efforts of millions of people to escape poverty and hunger.
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