News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1090
Curbing Biodiversity Loss Needs Giant Leap Forward
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 15 (IPS) - When political leaders from climate-threatened Small Island Developing States (SIDS) addressed the U.N. General Assembly last month, there was one recurring theme: the urgent need to protect the high seas and preserve the world's marine biodiversity.
Facing Storms Without the Mangrove Wall
- Inter Press Service
ATHENS, Oct 15 (IPS) - As the cyclonic storm Hudhud ripped through India's eastern state of Andhra Pradesh, home to two million people, at a land speed of over 190 kilometres per hour on Sunday, it destroyed electricity and telephone infrastructure, damaged the airport, and laid waste to thousands of thatched houses, as well as rice fields, banana plantations and sugarcane crops throughout the state.
Regional Trade Agreements Cannot Substitute the Multilateral System
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Oct 15 (IPS) - Regional trade agreements have grown very rapidly in recent years, and today the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has been notified that 253 are in force.
Family Farming – A Way of Life
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 15 (IPS) - It does not make the headlines, but 2014 is the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) and family farming will be centre-stage at this year's World Food Day on Oct. 16 at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).
Biodiversity, Climate Change Solutions Inextricably Linked
- Inter Press Service
PYEONGCHANG, Republic of Korea, Oct 14 (IPS) - The remarkable biodiversity of the countries of the Caribbean, already under stress from human impacts like land use, pollution, invasive species, and over-harvesting of commercially valuable species, now faces an additional threat from climate change.
Uruguay’s Decision Could Come Too Late for Gitmo Detainees
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Oct 13 (IPS) - Uruguayan President José Mujica bought time for his plan to host six prisoners of Guantánamo, handing over the decision to the winner of the incoming elections. But time is a scarce resource for the inmates of this United States military prison on Cuban soil.
Cycle of Death, Destruction and Rebuilding Continues in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 13 (IPS) - When the international pledging conference to rebuild a devastated Gaza ended in Cairo over the weekend - the third such conference in less than six years - the lingering question among donors was: is this the last of it or are there more assaults to come?
OPINION: The Disturbing Expansion of the Military-Industrial Complex
- Inter Press Service
BELFAST, Oct 13 (IPS) - How can we explain that in the 2lst century we are still training millions of men and women in our armed forces and sending them to war?
Curbing the Illegal Wildlife Trade Crucial to Preserving Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
PYEONGCHANG, Republic of Korea, Oct 13 (IPS) - For over five years, 33-year-old Maheshwar Basumatary, a member of the indigenous Bodo community, made a living by killing wild animals in the protected forests of the Manas National Park, a tiger reserve, elephant sanctuary and UNESCO World Heritage Site that lies on the India-Bhutan border.
Judaisation Means Housing Crisis for Palestinians in East Jerusalem
- Inter Press Service
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct 12 (IPS) - A deliberate Israeli policy to Judaise East Jerusalem has forced thousands of Palestinians out of their homes and created a chronic housing shortage in the occupied part of the city.
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