Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 295
Safeguarding Africa’s Wetlands a Daunting Task
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Mar 12 (IPS) - African wetlands are among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the continent, covering more than 131 million hectares, according to the Senegalese-based Wetlands International Africa (WIA).
Opinion: The ‘Acapulco Paradox’ – Two Parallel Worlds Each Going Their Own Way
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 12 (IPS) - The world is clearly splitting into two parallel worlds, with each going their own way, in what we could call the ‘Acapulco paradox'.
The Dilemma of Soy in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Mar 12 (IPS) - Industrial soy production continues to expand in Argentina, pushing small farmers out of the countryside and replacing other crops and cattle. It presents a challenge in a country where 70 percent of the food consumed comes from family farms, but which also needs the foreign exchange brought in by what has been dubbed "green gold".
Coal: Burning Up Australia’s Future
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Mar 11 (IPS) - With less than a year to go before the United Nation's annual climate change meeting scheduled to take place in Paris in November 2015, citizens and civil society groups are pushing their elected leaders to take stock of national commitments to lower carbon emissions in a bid to cap runaway global warming.
Renewable Energies in Latin America Weather Low Oil Prices
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Mar 09 (IPS) - Traditionally, falling oil prices have discouraged development of renewable energy sources, but clean energy is making steady progress in Latin America, according to regional experts.
Opinion: A Year of Progress for “Children, Not Soldiers”
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 07 (IPS) - One year ago, representatives of the last eight governments of the world named by the U.N. secretary-general for the recruitment and use of children in their security forces gathered at the United Nations in New York to declare they were ready to take the steps necessary to make their security forces child-free.
The 15 Journalists Putting Women’s Rights on the Front Page
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 06 (IPS) - Media coverage of maternal, sexual and reproductive health rights is crucial to achieving international development goals, yet journalists covering these issues often face significant challenges.
In India, an Indoor Health Crisis
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, Mar 05 (IPS) - For years, Kehmli Devi, a middle-aged woman from the village of Chachadeth in India's northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, has prepared her family's meals on a wood-burning stove.
Can Indigenous and Wildlife Conservationists Work Together?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 05 (IPS) - Indigenous and wildlife conservationists have common goals and common adversaries, but seem to be struggling to find common ground in the fight for sustainable forests.
Brazil Called upon to Block Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees
- Inter Press Service
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