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Devant la crise alimentaire que connaissent les pays africains, un facteur important tient aux conditions socio-économiques et politiques qui font les paysans ont du mal à avoir accès aux terres cultivables, aux surfaces pâturables, aux eaux de surface et souterraines, ainsi qu’à la biomasse (…)

The BP disaster reveals the risks in imagining that we have complete command over nature. Read more

El ministro de la Presidencia de Bolivia, Oscar Coca, convocó al diálogo a los dirigentes de la Confederación de Pueblos Indígenas de Bolivia (CIDOB). Es a raíz de la marcha que realizan los pueblos indígenas por sus derechos.
Coca informó que llamó a los dirigentes a dialogar este jueves por (…)

Indicadores de desenvolvimento da mídia e direito à comunicação entram em debate na Câmara dos Deputados com o lançamento de estudo realizado pela Organização das Nações Unidas para a Educação, a Ciência e a Cultura (Unesco). A publicação, que se propõe a ser um marco para a avaliação do setor (…)

Since 2001, Tom Englehardt has written regular reports for his popular site TomDispatch that have provided badly needed insight into US militarism and its effects, both at home and abroad. When others were celebrating the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, he warned of the enormous dangers of (…)

François Houtart argues that the green potential of agrofuels has been wasted by businesses that put profits above environmental protection. This has led to an absurd situation where an energy source that should be sustainable actually increases human and ecological damage, simply due to the (…)

Neste artigo, o ativista Luis Araújo discute a relação direta entre conservação da memória e do patrimônio material e imaterial da nação angolana e seus desmembramentos no governo do atual presidente Eduardo dos Santos, assim como relembra ao leitor o papel fundamental que o Mercado Kinaxixe (…)

Access to cheap energy made us rich, wrecked our climate and left us lonely, explains Bill McKibben. Read more

May has seen an upsurge in local organizations exercising their human rights to housing. Most people recognize that international human rights guarantee all humans a right to housing. With the millions of homeless living in our communities and the millions of empty foreclosed houses all across (…)

A new world order is emerging from the wreckage of Afghanistan and Iraq, and Turkey will be a major player in it. Read more

A new study warns that trade and investment flows with the South are reinforcing a longstanding trend in which African countries export farm produce, minerals, ores, and crude oil, and import manufactured goods. It says this situation should be reversed while the South-South trend is still in (…)

The Western Sahara conflict, notes analyst Yahia Zoubir, is now in the 35th year, with no sign of resolution. While the United Nations is ostensibly responsible for its resolution, France and the United States provide implicit support for Moroccan occupation of the territory, failing to support (…)

The institution of marriage has undergone significant changes in recent decades as women have outpaced men in education and earnings growth. These unequal gains have been accompanied by gender role reversals in both the spousal characteristics and the economic benefits of marriage.
A larger (…)

Traditional medicine is a vital yet often neglected part of healthcare in the developing world. In Africa and Asia, more than two in three people reply on traditional remedies as their primary healthcare.
Pharmaceutical companies and medical researchers in the developed world, faced with (…)

Les plans mis en œuvre par Monsanto pour promouvoir les cultures alimentaires génétiquement modifiées (GM) en Asie ont heurté une barrière insurmontable le 9 février 2010, quand le ministre de l’Environnement indien a décidé d’imposer un moratoire sur l’introduction d’une variété de brinjal (…)

En abril de 2010, la Universidad de Middlesex decidía cerrar su departamento de Filosofía, la materia que registra más investigación en la UM. Desde entonces, los estudiantes y el personal de esta Universidad, y miles de amigos del Reino Unido y de todo el mundo luchan por mantener el (…)

La course des firmes et des Etats pour acquérir d’énormes surfaces agricoles dans les pays pauvres (land grabbing) bat son plein. Les organisations paysannes et non gouvernementales craignent une marginalisation croissante des populations rurales. La Banque mondiale et d’autres agences de (…)

Do ponto de vista produtivo, é inquestionável o sucesso do Programa Nacional de Produção e Uso de Biodiesel. No curto espaço de cinco anos, o programa conseguiu induzir a formação de um parque industrial capaz de atender a uma demanda de cerca de dois bilhões e meio de litros de biodiesel. O (…)

The Bhopal mega-crime trial is over. The barbarity has ended in a light sentence, although the victims are countless. Eight officials of the erstwhile Union Carbide India Limited have been convicted and sentenced to two years’ rigorous imprisonment. There is still no bar on trying the corporate (…)

In a State where more than two-thirds of rural families live below the poverty line and other social indicators are as dismal, the process of industrialisation that began at the turn of the century ought to have been a cause for optimism. But, of late, people have been fighting tooth and nail (…)