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Filipinos Take to the Streets One Year After Typhoon Haiyan
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Nov 10 (IPS) - People covered their bodies with mud to protest against government ineptitude and abandonment; others lighted paper lanterns and candles and released white doves and balloons to remember the dead, offer thanks and pray for more strength to move on; while many trooped to a vast grave site with white crosses to lay flowers for those who died, and to cry one more time.
Why Our Food Systems Need to Be More Nutrition-Smart
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 08 (IPS) - "We are especially distressed by the high prevalence and increasing numbers of malnourished children under five years of age in parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean. Moreover, more than 2000 million people, mostly women and children, are deficient in one or more micronutrients..."
OPINION: Bringing More International Pressure to Bear on Wildlife Crime
- Inter Press Service
QUITO, Ecuador, Nov 08 (IPS) - A surge in wildlife crime is fuelling criminal syndicates, perpetuating terrorism, and resulting in the loss of major revenues from tourism and industries dependent on iconic species while also endangering the livelihoods of the rural poor.
But this surge in wildlife crime is not only threatening iconic species, which include elephants, rhinos and tigers, but also lesser-known animals that are also on the brink of extinction.
More Economic Equality Brings Greater Political Polarisation in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 08 (IPS) - "If I had to choose today I would stay back home, I wouldn't come to look for work here," said Josefa Gomes, who 30 years ago moved from Serra Redonda, a small town in Brazil's semiarid northeast, to the city of Rio de Janeiro, 2,400 km away.
Responding to Climate Change from the Grassroots Up
- Inter Press Service
GUNTHORPES, Antigua, Nov 07 (IPS) - As concern mounts over food security, two community groups are on a drive to mobilise average people across Antigua and Barbuda to mitigate and adapt in the wake of global climate change, which is affecting local weather patterns and by extension, agricultural production.
Extractives Companies “Not Ready” for Transparency Requirements
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 06 (IPS) - The world's largest corporations continue to publicise scant information about their global operations, according to new analysis that warns that extractives companies in particular are unprepared for pending disclosure requirements.
UNIDO Comes a Long Way
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Nov 06 (IPS) - The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has come a long way since 1997, when it faced the risk of closure in the aftermath of the end of the Cold War.
UNIDO Forum Expresses Cautious Optimism on Ethiopia’s Economic Strides
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Nov 05 (IPS) - With annual economic growth rates of over 10 percent and attractive investment conditions due to low infrastructural and labour costs, Ethiopia is eagerly trying to rise from the status of low-income to middle-income country in the next 10 years.
El Salvador Restores Biodiversity in the Face of Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
BARRA DE SANTIAGO, El Salvador, Nov 05 (IPS) - Carlos Menjívar has been ferrying people in his boat for 20 years in this fishing village in western El Salvador surrounded by ocean, mangroves and wetlands, which is suffering the effects of environmental degradation.
OPINION: Global Governance - We Need to Bring Civil Society to the Table
- Inter Press Service
MONTREAL, Nov 04 (IPS) - A poorly understood phenomenon is quietly but effectively shaping the daily lives of all citizens sharing this planet.
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