UN: Agriculture and Forestry can improve Food Security
Agriculture and forestry can improve food security, according to a new United Nations report released today, at the start of World Forest Week. Farming is globally the most significant driver of deforestation, but promoting a more
Published : 18 July 2016
Gaza Farmers Seek Damages for Israel`s Crop Spraying
Palestinian human rights groups fear that herbicides sprayed by the Israeli army could cause long-term damage Ibrahim Abu Taaymeh has grown spinach on land in the Gaza Strip for more than a decade. But the Palestinian farmer
Published : 14 July 2016
Obstacles to Development: Data on fragility, Conflict and Violence
Latin America and the Caribbean have high homicide rates. Over half a million people were killed by intentional homicide in 2012, while in 2014 there were more than one hundred thousand battle-related deaths. Episodes of such
Published : 13 July 2016
Turkey: Army Burns Diyarbakır Forests
Call for an international delegation on forest fires! Since June 2016 in several provinces of North (Turkish) Kurdistan the forests are burning again. These forest fires are in areas where shortly beforehand the governors (appointed by
Published : 12 July 2016
Yemen: Land and Property after Arab Spring
Abstract The Arab Spring uprisings have released a flood of land and property conflicts, brought about by decades of autocratic rule. Expropriations, corruption, poor performance of the rule of law, patronage and sectarian discrimination built up
Published : 08 July 2016
Israel Demolishes al-Araqib for 100th Time
Israeli bulldozers demolished homes in the Bedouin village of al-Araqib, in the Naqab Desert, for the 100th time on Wednesday, in addition to a home in the Naqab village of Atir, local activists said. Israeli police
Published : 04 July 2016
MEQ Issues New Report, Maintains Old Inertia
In line with their decision announced in Munich on 12 February 2016 and underlining their commitment to support a comprehensive, just, and lasting resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the representatives of the Middle East Quartet
Published : 01 July 2016
Biotech/Nobel-laureate Attack on Anti-GMO Greenpeace
107 Nobel Laureate Attack on Greenpeace Traced Back to Biotech PR Operators Final WASHINGTON—Greenpeace was denied entrance yesterday (June 30) to a National Press Club Event in Washington, DC of 107 Nobel Laureates. The event was
Published : 01 July 2016
Stephen Hawking: Pollution and other ‘stupidity’ still biggest threats
Professor Stephen Hawking says he believes pollution and human “stupidity” remain the biggest threats to mankind, while also expressing his concerns over the use of artificial intelligence in warfare. The world’s leading theoretical physicist argued “we
Published : 29 June 2016
