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20.11.2009
Detection dogs are helping track and count Javan rhino in Vietnam, in an attempt to save one of the world’s rarest mammals from extinction.
more...From: WWF International Related topics/regions: [Vietnam] [Animals] [Conservation] Image: Simon Mahood, member of the WWF rhino project in Vietnam, with dog 'Chevy', who is trained to detect dung of the rare Javan rhino in the forests of Vietnam.(© WWF Greater Mekong Programme)
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20.11.2009
The annual number of deaths of children under five has fallen from around 12.5 million in 1990 to an estimated 8.8 million in 2008, says a new UN Children's Fund report.
more...From: United Nations Children's Fund Related topics/regions: [United Nations] [Infant mortality] [Children] Image: Child survival (UNICEF)
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19.11.2009
Newcastle tops Britain's latest Sustainable Cities Index, knocking the previous two winners – Bristol and Brighton – into second and third places respectively.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Environment] [Cities] Image: Newcastle (Photo: Forum for the Future website)
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19.11.2009
Raúl Castro's government has locked up scores of people for exercising their fundamental freedoms and allowed scores more political prisoners arrested during Fidel Castro's rule to languish in detention, says a new report.
more...Related topics/regions: [Cuba] [Freedom of expression] [Civil rights] |
18.11.2009
A group of NGOs has lodged a legal complaint claiming that one of the world's leading timber wholesalers bought timber from Liberian companies that provided support to Charles Taylor's brutal regime.
more...From: Greenpeace International Related topics/regions: [Liberia] [Conflict] [Law] [Forests] [Corporations] Image: Global Witness
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18.11.2009
The UN World Food Summit threw away a great chance to stop more than one billion people going hungry, according to a prominent development charity.
more...From: ActionAid UK Related topics/regions: [Food] [Agriculture] Image: President Lula of Brazil receives boxing gloves from ActionAid Award for making efforts to knock out hunger, during the World Summit on Food Security
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18.11.2009
Seventy per cent of Afghans surveyed see poverty and unemployment as the major cause of the conflict in their country, according to new research by an international aid agency and a group of Afghan organisations.
more...From: Oxfam International Related topics/regions: [Afghanistan] [Poverty] [Labour] |
18.11.2009
The illicit trade in ivory, which has been increasing since 2004, has moved sharply upward this year, according to the latest analysis of seizure data.
more...From: WWF International Related topics/regions: [Animals] [Conservation] Image: Seized elephant tusks and severed tails on display. © WWFCARPO/Jengi
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17.11.2009
The Egyptian authorities must act immediately to protect Cairo’s poorest inhabitants from rockslides and other dangers, says a leading rights group.
more...From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Related topics/regions: [Egypt] [Shelter & housing] |
16.11.2009
The European Commission is turning a blind eye to corruption, lack of transparency and poor human rights in a bid to secure gas supplies in the repressive police state of Turkmenistan, according to a new report.
more...Related topics/regions: [Europe] [Turkmenistan] [Corruption & transparency] [Energy] |
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