Languages
  • ESPAÑOL
  • FRANÇAIS
  • ARABIC
  • DEUTSCH
  • ITALIANO
  • NEDERLANDS
  • PORTUGUÊS
  • SUOMI
  • SVENSKA
  • SWAHILI
  • TÜRKÇE

Friday, April 14, 2017

IPS on Twitter IPS on Facebook RSS feed

INTER PRESS SERVICE

News Agency

News and Views from the Global South                  

  • Africa
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America & the Caribbean
  • Middle East & North Africa
  • North America
  • Global
  • Home
  • Development & Aid
    • Aid
    • Education
    • Energy
    • Health
    • Food & Agriculture
    • Humanitarian Emergencies
    • Poverty & SDGs
    • Population
  • Economy & Trade
    • Financial Crisis
    • Green Economy
    • Labour
    • Natural Resources
    • Trade & Investment
    • Cooperatives
  • Environment
    • Advancing Deserts
    • Biodiversity
    • Climate Change
    • Green Economy
    • Water & Sanitation
  • Human Rights
    • Armed Conflicts
    • Crime & Justice
    • Democracy
    • Indigenous Rights
    • LGBTQ
    • Migration & Refugees
    • Press Freedom
    • Religion
  • Global Governance
    • Civilisations Find Alliances
    • Eye on the IFIs
    • Global Geopolitics
    • Globalisation
    • Peace
    • South-South
    • United Nations
  • South-South
    • G77
    • Regional Alliances
    • Southern Aid & Trade
  • Civil Society
    • Active Citizens
    • World Social Forum
    • Conferences
  • Gender
    • Gender Violence
    • Women & Economy
    • Women & Climate Change
    • Women’s Health
    • Gender Identity
    • Women in Politics
Did You Know that the Oceans Have It All?ROME

Did You Know that the Oceans Have It All?

Perhaps you are not aware enough of the fact the oceans have it all! What is “all”? Well, oceans have from microscopic life to the largest animal that has ever lived on Earth, from the colourless to the shimmering, from the frozen to the boiling and from the sunlit to the mysterious dark of the deepest parts of the planet. Who says that?

Baher Kamal | Global

Financing Key to Reaching Everyone, Everywhere with Water & Sanitation

Financing Key to Reaching Everyone, Everywhere with Water & Sanitation

Eighteen months ago, UN member-states pledged a new set of goals on eradicating extreme poverty and creating a fairer, more sustainable planet by 2030. This week, we have alarming evidence that at least one of those goals – Sustainable Development Goal 6, to reach everyone everywhere with access to water and sanitation – is already in peril.

John Garrett | Global
Climate Funds for World’s Poorest Slow to Materialise

Climate Funds for World’s Poorest Slow to Materialise

Climate change is making poor countries poorer, yet funding meant to address its economic consequences has been slow to materialise. Instead funding bodies are choosing to invest in green energy projects in middle-income countries.

Lyndal Rowlands | Climate Change | Global

Latest News

G77 Calls for Access & Benefit-Sharing of Marine Genetic Resources

an IPS Correspondent | Global

Reflections on World Health Day

Martin Khor | Health | Global

The Unbearable Cost of Drought in Africa

Baher Kamal | Africa

From Research to Entrepreneurship: Fishing Youth and Women out of Poverty

Friday Phiri | Food & Agriculture | Africa

Fishing Village Fights Iron Mine in Northern Chile

Orlando Milesi | Biodiversity | Latin America & the Caribbean

The Ebola Crisis: Lessons Learned for Developing Nations

an IPS Correspondent | Global

Developing Nations Call for New Trust Fund on Forest Protection

an IPS Correspondent | Global

World Must Act Now on Lake Chad Basin Crisis: FAO DG Graziano da Silva

Eva Donelli | Africa



Multimedia

Video


Journalist Living on Minimum Wage in Bangladesh

Journalist Living on Minimum Wage in Bangladesh

Video


A Day in Life of a Minimum Wage Earner in Bangladesh

A Day in Life of a Minimum Wage Earner in Bangladesh

Video


VIDEO: Raising Autism Consciousness

VIDEO: Raising Autism Consciousness


Read Stories from IPS Partners

Less sure

Syed Bakhtiyar | Dawn, Pakistan

What is mine is not thine

Rubana Huq and Vestal McIntyre | The Daily Star, Bangladesh

What religion robs us of

Rigoberto Tiglao | Manila Times

Can António Guterres Fend Off America’s War on the UN?

Dulcie Leimbach | PassBlue

Opinion

Financing Key to Reaching Everyone, Everywhere with Water & Sanitation

John Garrett | Global

Reflections on World Health Day

Martin Khor | Global

Can António Guterres Fend Off America’s War on the UN?

Dulcie Leimbach | Global

Economic Recovery Crucial to Sustainable Development

Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram | Global

  • Agricultural Research
    Agricultural Research
  • ARABS RISE FOR RIGHTS
    ARABS RISE FOR RIGHTS
  • Caribbean Climate Wire
    Caribbean Climate Wire
  • Civilizations Find Alliances
    Civilizations Find Alliances
  • COP21
    COP21
  • Food & Agriculture
    Food & Agriculture
  • Fostering Global Citizenship
    Fostering Global Citizenship
  • Integration & Development Brazil
    Integration & Development Brazil
  • Nuclear Energy – Nuclear Weapons
    Nuclear Energy – Nuclear Weapons
  • Parliamentarians Against Hunger
    Parliamentarians Against Hunger
  • Poverty SDGs
    Poverty SDGs
  • Right To Food
    Right To Food
  • Social & Economic Disparities
    Social & Economic Disparities
  • The Future is Now
    The Future is Now
  • Tierramerica
    Tierramerica

Editors’ Choice

Did You Know that the Oceans Have It All?

Baher Kamal | Global

Fishing Village Fights Iron Mine in Northern Chile

Orlando Milesi | Latin America & the Caribbean

Gold Mine Aggravates Tensions in Brazil’s Amazon Region

Mario Osava | Latin America & the Caribbean

El Salvador Passes Pathbreaking Law Banning Metal Mining

Edgardo Ayala | Latin America & the Caribbean

IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse

Did You Know that the Oceans Have It All?

Baher Kamal

Can António Guterres Fend Off America’s War on the UN?

Dulcie Leimbach

Malala Yousafzai Becomes UN’s Youngest Messenger of Peace

Tharanga Yakupitiyage

No U.S. Refuge for Syrians Even After Military Strikes

Lyndal Rowlands

Tweets
IPS News Agency
Subscribe Reprint Donate

  •  World Water Day
    World Water Day

    UAE: Dubai International Academic City Celebrates 10 Years of Landmark Growth and Higher ...

IPS Daily Report

Most Read

    Tomatoes, Limes and Sex-Selective Abortions

    Lyndal Rowlands | Women's Health | Global

    UN Strengthens Kenya’s Resilience to Disaster

    Miriam Gathigah | Humanitarian Emergencies | Africa

    No U.S. Refuge for Syrians Even After Military Strikes

    Lyndal Rowlands | Migration & Refugees | Global

    Poland, New Player in Islamophobia Game

    Claudia Ciobanu | Human Rights | Europe

    Gold Mine Aggravates Tensions in Brazil’s Amazon Region

    Mario Osava | Integration and Development Brazilian-style | Latin America & the Caribbean
  IPS is honoured to name
  Desmond Brown as
  the IPS Star of the Month
Kofi Annan
Ban Ki-Moon

Analysis

A Transformational Moment in Nuclear & International Affairs?

John Burroughs | Global

Asia’s Water Politics Near the Boiling Point

Manipadma Jena | Asia-Pacific
  Must Read:
  Views & Analysis from Roberto Savio,
  IPS Founder and President Emeritus
ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENT
  • Africa
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America & the Caribbean
  • Middle East & North Africa
  • North America
  • Global
  • Newsletter
  • RSS
  • Subscribe
  • Reprint / Republish
  • Institutional site
  • Contact Us
  • Our Partners
  • Donate
  • About Us
  • Follow IPS
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Google +

IPS is an international communication institution with a global news agency at its core, raising the voices of the South
and civil society on issues of development, globalisation, human rights and the environment
Copyright © 2017 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. - Terms & Conditions