Digital Record-Keeping Eases the Burden of Mongolian Herders — Global Issues

Digital Record-Keeping Eases the Burden of Mongolian Herders — Global Issues

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Herder D. Chimiddulam waits at home for her son, who is looking for missing livestock. Credit: Namuunbolor Tumur-Ochir/IPS by Namuunbolor Tumur-Ochir (bat ulzii district, mongolia) Tuesday, July 19, 2022 Inter Press Service BAT ULZII DISTRICT, Mongolia, Jul 19 (IPS) – “My son went after his cow. He will come soon. Our…

Achieving the SDGs in Extraordinary Times — Global Issues

Achieving the SDGs in Extraordinary Times — Global Issues

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Woochong Um Opinion by Armida Alisjahbana – Woochong Um – Kanni Wignaraja (bangkok, thailand) Friday, July 15, 2022 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 15 (IPS) – The start of the “Decade of Action” to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has also marked the start of an unprecedented…

Entrepreneurship Blooms in Villages Bordering Pakistan Desert — Global Issues

Entrepreneurship Blooms in Villages Bordering Pakistan Desert — Global Issues

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Naseem Bano at home educating her children using her mobile phone. Credit: Irfan Ulhaq/IPS by Irfan Ulhaq (rahim yar khan, pakistan) Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Inter Press Service RAHIM YAR KHAN, Pakistan, Jul 12 (IPS) – Villagers living with a desert at their doorstep in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province are finding…

India & China Continue to Lead –as World Population Projected to Reach 8.0 Billion — Global Issues

India & China Continue to Lead –as World Population Projected to Reach 8.0 Billion — Global Issues

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by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, July 11, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 11 (IPS) – India and China, two Asian nuclear powers who are also longstanding rivals embroiled in the geo-politics of the Indian Ocean region, have remained two of the world’s most populous nations accounting for over…

Migrant Workers from Mexico, Caught Up in Trafficking, Forced Labor and Exploitation — Global Issues

Migrant Workers from Mexico, Caught Up in Trafficking, Forced Labor and Exploitation — Global Issues

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Mexican workers harvest produce on a farm in the western U.S. state of California. The number of temporary agricultural workers from Mexico has increased in recent years in the United States and with it, human rights violations. CREDIT: Courtesy of Linnaea Mallette by Emilio Godoy (mexico city) Friday, July 08, 2022…

A World of 8 Billion, Yes, But Only a Few Are Seen as Human Beings — Global Issues

A World of 8 Billion, Yes, But Only a Few Are Seen as Human Beings — Global Issues

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Since the middle of the 20th century, the world has experienced unprecedented population growth. The world’s population more than tripled in size between 1950 and 2020.. Credit: Fahim Siddiqi/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Thursday, July 07, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jul 07 (IPS) – Far-right Brazilian president, Jair Messias Bolsonaro,…

Tap Into Indigenous Knowledge To Preserve Our Forests — Global Issues

Tap Into Indigenous Knowledge To Preserve Our Forests — Global Issues

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Opinion by Sylvie Djacbou Deugoue (yaoundÉ) Wednesday, July 06, 2022 Inter Press Service YAOUNDÉ, Jul 06 (IPS) – A few years ago, I found myself in the Baka indigenous sacred forest in Assok, in Cameroon in the course of my work in supporting them to preserve their forest against land grabbers….