GENEVA - The World Health Organization reports some progress is being made in reducing premature deaths from non-communicable diseases. But it says much more needs to be done to save the lives of nearly 40 million people who die every year from preventable causes. In this latest global assessment, the …
GENEVA - The World Health Organization reports some progress is being made in reducing premature deaths from non-communicable diseases. But it says much more needs to be done to save the lives of nearly 40 million people who die every year from preventable causes. In this latest global assessment, the …
When middlemen for Chinese traders approached Yusuf Diallo to cut timber from his farm in Guinea-Bissau, he says he knew he had no choice. Soldiers had simply threatened his neighbours when they refused. A clearing dotted with dozens of stumps now marks where lush tropical forest once stood outside his …
The UK has one of the highest rates of death for children under five in Western Europe, according to new research published in The Lancet. In 2013, the mortality rate for under-fives in the UK was 4.9 deaths per 1,000 - more than double the rate of 2.4 per 1,000 …
LONDON: India is among the "extreme risk" countries of the world where economic impacts of climate change will be most keenly felt by 2025, according to new research released on Wedesday. Kolkata and Mumbai are among the cities where the economic exposure to the impacts of extreme climate related events …
Both fortress and community-based approaches to conservation have shown poor (sometimes negative) results in terms of environmental protection and poverty reduction. Either approach can also trigger grassroots resistance. This article is centered on an allegedly 'community-based' conservation and development project (and its successive follow-ups) intended to create a national park …
No news is good news, goes the proverb. The people of Guinea-Bissau disagree. The nation of 1.6 million people in West Africa has gone without newspapers for almost two months because of a paper crisis.
The European Commission and Guinea-Bissau have renewed a fisheries agreement for five years starting from June 16, 2001. The commission will pay a total of us $46 million to have access to Guinea-Bissau's waters. Environmentalists say that the agreement is an irresponsible negotiation. "Such agreements result in overfishing. Facing a …
