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ENVIRONMENT-JAMAICA: Jamaica Gets the Red Card Fro Environmentalists
With recent reports showing Jamaica high on the red list when it comes to the world's most endangered plants, environmentalists are wringing their hands in despair as they try to find ways to counter what they are describing as an unacceptable situation.ENVIRONMENT-PANAMA: Citizens Groups Want Action
Much of Panama's economy depends on the natural resources of the nation - such as water for the Panama Canal - but Panama remains the only country in Central America that does not have a law to protect the environment.ENVIRONMENT-CHILE: First Emergency in Santiago Since 1992
While authorities in Mexico and Honduras urge people to stay indoors to avoid the smoke of forest fires raging out of control due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, good old-fashioned smog forced officials in the capital of Chile to declare the first environmental emergency since 1992.ENVIRONMENT-UNITED STATES: U.S. Exempts Military from Kyoto Treaty
U.S. law makers, in the latest blow to international efforts to halt global warming, Wednesday exempted U.S. military operations from the Kyoto agreement which lays out binding commitments to reduce 'greenhouse gas' emissions.ENVIRONMENT-SOUTH ASIA: Ganga Could Turn Source of Sorrow, Say Experts
Since time immemorial Nepal, India and Bangladesh -- three impoverished Suth Asian countries -- have viewed the Ganga river and its Himalayan tributaries as perennial sources that sustain life.ENVIRONMENT-WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION: Trade And Environment In Uneasy Co-existence
When the leaders of two f the world's biggest economies took to the podium here this week to address the WTO's Second Ministerial Meeting, both warned of the danger of expanding trade at the cost of the environment.ENVIRONMENT-COSTA RICA: El Nino Wreaks Havoc in Central America
Drought and forest fires caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon in Central America have led to life-threatening food and water shortages, serious health risks and millions of dollars in losses in agriculture and fishing.ENVIRONMENT-UNITED STATES: Pesticide Contamination Remains Big Danger
Children in the United States today remained exposed to harmful pesticides just as they were five years ago when policy makers promised to limit the use of pesticides, according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG).DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-BANGLADESH: Family Laws Need to Include Women
Twenty four-year-old Alauddin was on the frontpage of national dailies in Bangladesh recently for marrying 17 times.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-MEXICO: Countryside Still In Crisis Despite Economic Growth
Although Mexico's economy continued to grow steadily in the first quarter of the year, the rural sector, where the country's poorest of the por row food for more than 90 million people, remains steeped in crisis.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-ZIMBABWE: Low Tobacco Price Hits Small Farmers
A slump in the global demand for tobacco has caused sleepless nights for people in the industry but it is small-scale farmers who have been the hardest hit.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-CUBA: Castro Proposes New Strategy for Developing World
Cuba's President Fidel Castro proposed a strategy for the developing nations act together in the multilateral trade negotiations making use of the support of "reponsible statesmen" in the countries of the North.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-EUROPE: NGOs Outraged By Planned 1999 EU Budget Cuts
Development groups say they are outraged by European Union plans to trim back cooperation funds for the South -- and then to redirect the money saved into projects in countries closer to its borders.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-SRI LANKA: Slimmer Pickings At Paris Aid Meeting
Sri Lanka has been a favourite for foreign donors who have ploughed sizable sums of cash into its war-torn economy in the past decade, but this year its share is likely to be slimmer with the global aid pie shrinking.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION: South Needs More Influence In WTO’s Corridors
Developing countries avoided losing ground at the World Trade Organisation (WTO)'s Second Ministerial Meeting here, but achieved little else -- highlighting the need for them to be better prepared for future trade negotiations.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-INDONESIA: New Cabinet Unveiled, but Scepticism Reigns
New Indonesian President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie tried to send the right political signals when he named a new "reform" Cabinet Friday, but sceptics say prospects for genuine change remain unclear at best.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-EAST AFRICA: East Africa Divided on Affirmative Action
Like many other documents produced after the 1995 UN Conference on Women and Development in Beijing, a draft treaty for the re-establishment of an East African Community (EAC) devotes some space to gender-related issues.MEDIA-KENYA: Simply Having More Broadcasters is Not Enough
A new television and radio station is expected to go on the air in June but media pundits wonder how much of a difference it will make and past experience would appear to justify their scepticism.RIGHTS-POPULATION: South African Group Challenges Pro-Choice Law
A Christian coalition has opened fire on South Africa's Termination of Pregnancy Act in a case that pits it against the state and human rights groups.DRUGS-VENEZUELA: The United States, an ‘Eagle Hunting Flies’
One of the Venezuelan banks accused by the United States of participating in laundering drug money likened the situation to an "eagle hunting flies."NEPAL: Famine Stalks Remote Mountain Villages Hit By Bad Weather
Thousands of villagers in Nepal's remote mountainous districts are caught in the grips of an unprecedented famine which could further worsen if the government fails to rush emergency food supplies.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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