This participatory grassland and rangeland assessment (PRAGA) methodology was developed for the assessment of rangelands and grasslands in selected project countries. It was developed through the project 'Participatory assessment of land degradation and sustainable land management in grassland and pastoral systems', financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and executed …
More than 56 million people have been lifted out of poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean in recent years, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). A new UNDP report says poverty levels in the period from 2000-2012 fell from 41.7% to 25.3% of the population. But despite …
The Inter-American Development Bank approved $65.9 million in loans for a solar project in Uruguay. The lender will provide $40.9 million from its own capital and $25 million from the Canada Climate Fund, which the bank administers, for the 64.8-megawatt La Jacinta project, the Washington-based Inter-American Development Bank said in …
Uruguay’s state-run power company agreed to purchase electricity from a 50-megawatt solar farm that will be built in the country’s northwest. The 30-year deal is the first since Administracion Nacional de Usinas Y Trasmisiones Electricas announced plans in May 2013 to purchase as much as 200 megawatts of solar power …
Argentine citizens walk by the bridge that links Argentina and Uruguay, during a demonstration near Fray Bentos city October 6, 2013. The demonstration was called by Argentine environmentalists to protest against a decision of Uruguay's President Jose Mujica who announced on October 2 the decision to allow UPM-Kymmene to increase …
For countries with rich culinary traditions that date back to the Aztecs and Incas, Mexico and Peru have developed quite a taste for modern food fashions. Mexicans quaff more fizzy drinks than any other country; Peru has the highest density of fast-food joints in the world. Chile, one of the …
Stresses on water supplies aggravated by climate change are likely to cause more conflicts and water should be considered as vital to national security as defense, the United Nations report said on Friday. About 145 nations share river basins with their neighbors and need to promote cooperation over a resource …
In the Grant Thornton Global Dynamism Index (GDI), they define dynamism as the changes to the economy which have enabled recovery from the 2008-09 economic recession and are likely to lead to a fast rate of future growth. The model was developed by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), who analysed …
Despite the high global burden of diseases caused by tobacco, valid and comparable prevalence data for patterns of adult tobacco use and factors influencing use are absent for many low-income and middle-income countries. We assess these patterns through analysis of data from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS).
Tobacco use is massively entrenched in developing countries, where one of the biggest worries is the rise of smoking among women, according to a study published on Friday in The Lancet. A survey of 16 countries that are home to three billion people found that 48.6 percent of all men …
An Australian law intended to make the packaging of cigarettes less appealing to consumers again came under fire at the WTO last week, with developing country tobacco producers arguing that the measure could curtail competitiveness in the tobacco market and is inconsistent with multilateral trade rules.
Most readers might find it difficult to credit what follows. This is a story of how bilateral and multilateral investment treaties are being used to satisfy corporate greed, how large corporations, even those in the unsavoury business of selling cigarettes, can sue countries for passing public health laws intended to …
India on Thursday called for enhanced economic cooperation with Uruguay in sectors such as agriculture, pharmaceuticals, textiles, automobiles, machineries and IT to enhance bilateral trade. In 2009-10, the two-way commerce between both countries stood at $64.37 million. Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, who met visiting Uruguay Industry, Energy …
A panel of scientists could help resolve a festering environmental dispute between Argentina and Uruguay. The controversy, over a paper-mill complex on the Uruguayan side of a shared river, has sparked years of protests.
US $1 TRILLION WORTH OF MINERALS Afghanistan is suddenly richThe Pentagon recently announced that Afghanistan is sitting on mineral wealth worth US $1 trillion—about 1,000 times the government’s annual revenue. The untapped mineral deposits, including iron, copper, cobalt, gold and lithium, a key raw material for laptop, cell phone and …
MUCH has been written about the recent Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change that will continue to reverberate. Copenhagen was not supposed to be the be all and end all on environmental matters. It was part of a process and, even if it disappointed many, it remains a significant secondbest milestone, …
In those South American countries where forest plantations are important or have potential for development, investment in them is one option for creating jobs.
The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) has begun to measure the position of tobacco use among people above 15 years of age in the country. With the support of WHO and Bloomberg Global Initiative, the survey will track prevalence of adult tobacco use, exposure to risk, knowledge of laws, and …
UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday debated, in a full-session, on the impacts of climate change on full enjoyment of human rights, especially in vulnerable countries. The debate tabled by the Maldives, sought to portray climate change not solely as a scientific issue, but also as a matter of global …
