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UNESCO Protection Crucial – and Controversial
It took six years for a dedicated team of scientists from the Wildlife Institute of India, wildlife officials from six Indian states and officials from the federal ministry to secure international...
View ArticlePolygamy Throttles Women in Senegal
Fatou (40), Awa (32) and Aissatou Gaye (24) sit in a meditative mood on the tiled floor outside their matrimonial home in Keur Massar, a township in the Senegalese capital Dakar. “These are my three...
View ArticleUNESCO Meet Boosts Traditional Medicine
Jean-Pierre Georges Foucault is a former scientist who is used to dealing with fact and evidence. But when a friend became ill and had excruciating pain, he accompanied her to a traditional healer who,...
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Q&A: Harnessing the Power of the Press to Build Peace
Conflicts of interest can be viewed as drivers of societies and human development, although recourse to violence has destroyed millions of people’s lives and leaves generations wounded for decades and...
View ArticleGirls Fight to Stay in School
Balancing her school bag on one shoulder and holding her three-year-old son by the hand, Farida Haque (19) ignores her in-laws’ complaints and her husband’s frown as she heads each morning for the tiny...
View ArticleChilean Archaeologists and Environmentalists Fight Dakar Rally
Archaeologists, environmentalists and the National Monuments Council are battling the Dakar Rally, an annual off-road race, in northern Chile, an area with a rich archaeological and natural heritage...
View ArticleU.S. Public Supports UNESCO, Despite Funding Cuts
A national poll revealed that 83 percent of voters in the United States believe it is important for the country to be a member of and provide funding to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...
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U.N.’s Water Agenda at Risk of Being Hijacked by Big Business
Amidst growing new threats of potential conflicts over fast-dwindling water resources in the world’s arid regions, the United Nations will commemorate 2013 as the International Year of Water...
View ArticleU.N. Declares Zero Tolerance for Violence Against Women
U.N. agency heads gathered Tuesday to reassert their unified commitment to ending the epidemic of violence against women and girls, and bringing justice and healing to survivors. Grim statistics...
View ArticleQ&A: Water Disputes Get Resolved While Other Conflicts Rage
What has education, science and culture to do with one of the world’s most scarce and finite resources? Plenty, says the United Nations, which has designated the U.N. Educational, Scientific and...
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Indigenous Nicaraguans Fight to the Death for Their Last Forest
Logging is one of the main threats in the southern area of the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve. Credit: José Garth Medina/IPSMayangna indigenous communities in northern Nicaragua are caught up in a...
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Caribbean Scientist Warns of Climate Change Disaster
Coastal erosion exposes columns for lights leading to the runway of Vance Amory International Airport in Nevis. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPSThe Caribbean does not have the luxury of time for decisive...
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French Town Makes Environment Everyone’s Business
Christina E. is a mother of three who lives in an apartment building in an upscale neighbourhood in Paris. As someone who prepares meals daily, she wishes she had a place besides her household garbage...
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NSA Leaks Prompt Lawsuit and U.N. Action
The National Security Agency has access to data from numerous telephone and internet companies. Credit: Ed Yourdon/CC by 2.0Edward Snowden, 29, left behind a comfortable lifestyle in Hawaii as a...
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Caribbean Apprehensive as Dangers of Climate Change Increase
Residents make their way through the flooded streets of Port of Spain, Trinidad. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPSIt has taken just eight inches of water for Jamaica to be affected by rising sea levels, with...
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Activists Preserve a Part of Syria’s Revolution
A poster against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. Photo courtesy of Shadi Latta.For the small town of Kafranbel in Syria, the old saying “a pen is mightier than a sword” still rings true. Every week...
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Part of Indian Heritage Site Bulldozed for a Road
The village of Hampi located in India’s southern state of Karnataka has long been an attraction for tourists from all over the world. Visitors at the Virupaksha Temple in Hampi. Credit: Arian...
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Highway through National Park Sparks Protest in Brazil
A demonstration against the reopening of the highway in Iguaçu National Park. Credit: Courtesy of SOS Mata AtlânticaEnvironmental groups have appealed to UNESCO to help stop the reopening of Caminho do...
View ArticleCensorship Threatens to Re-emerge in Myanmar
One year after the government officially struck down laws obstructing free press in Myanmar, a parliamentary bill could allow previous censorship practices to re-surge. When Thein Sein’s Union...
View ArticleINDONESIA: Community Radio Helps Revive Forests
By Kanis DursinJAKARTA, Feb 21 2012 (IPS) Irman Meilandi unhesitatingly attributes the return of birds, wildlife and the forests around his hilly village of Mandalamekar in West Java province to...
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