Controlling the loss and waste of food is a crucial factor in reaching the goal of eradicating hunger in the world. Credit: FAO by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, August 22, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 22 (IPS) – The ominous warnings keep coming non-stop: some of the world’s…
Only artisanal fishing is allowed in the waters surrounding the Galapagos Islands, where it is possible to catch large, valuable fish. The area is a marine reserve, a nursery of species for the eastern Pacific and is off-limits to industrial fishing. But its continental shelf is increasingly under siege by…
Opinion by David McCoy (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 17 (IPS) – Global Public Investment. A short and simple phrase. But one that means so much. At its most basic, GPI means public money being used to invest in goods and services…
Opinion by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – Rebeca Grynspan – Pamela Coke-Hamilton (geneva) Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Aug 16 (IPS) – We are in the toughest period the world economy has faced since the creation of the multilateral system more than three-quarters of a century ago. A quadruple shock…
Food and energy prices have increased to their highest levels in decades. And 62 new food billionaires have been created. Credit: Bigstock. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Friday, August 12, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Aug 12 (IPS) – While often too quickly attributing -quasi exclusively- the world unprecedented hunger tragedy to…
Dr Svetlana Alexandrova, Medical Director of the Chernihiv Psychoneurological Hospital, and Yevgen Skydan, Technical Specialist, walk Todd Bernhardt and his team through the basement where patients and staff were sheltered during the Russian invasion. Credit: International Medical Corps by Seimi Chu (stanford) Tuesday, August 09, 2022 Inter Press Service Stanford, Aug…
Opinion by Alexander Kozul-Wright (geneva) Tuesday, August 09, 2022 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Aug 09 (IPS) – The writer is a Geneva-based researcher for the Third World NetworkFor the first time in its contemporary history, Colombia has a left-wing government. The presidency of Gustavo Petro, who took the reins August 8,…
The female guardians of Venezuela’s Imataca Forest Reserve | An FAO-GEF project, which also aims to increase gender equality in the forestry sector, has continued supporting the Kariña women in actively leading the development of their territories and the conservation of the area’s biodiversity. Credit: FAO by Baher Kamal (madrid) Monday,…
A child has her teeth examined remotely. The Daktari Smart technology means children in rural Kenya are linked to specialist care in big centres. Credit: Daktari Smart by Wilson Odhiambo (nairobi) Monday, August 08, 2022 Inter Press Service Nairobi, Aug 08 (IPS) – New telemedicine technology, Daktari Smart, aims to mitigate…
Opinion by Jamison Ervin (united nations) Monday, August 08, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 08 (IPS) – The writer is Manager, UNDP’s Global Programme on Nature for DevelopmentThe International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, commemorated annually on August 9, is a day to celebrate the many contributions of…
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