Mexicos Suspicious Shark Fins Exports Under CITES
LA PAZ, Mexico, Aug 26 (IPS) – At “The Lieutenant” (“El Teniente”) fishing site, near La Paz (Baja California Sur’s capital) the boats go...
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Sharks, Victims of Mexican Authorities Neglect
LA PAZ, Mexico, Aug 26 (IPS) – The Mexican fisherman Tomás Valencia, aged 70, remembers that around 30 years ago he used to catch...
Eastern Caribbean Youth Join Calls for Resilient Global Food Systems
Aug 26 (IPS) – As the international community prepares for the landmark United Nations Food Systems Summit, a pivotal gathering as part of a...
As Climate Disaster Migration Rises, Girls Get Married Off
BHUBANESWAR, India, Aug 25 (IPS) – When 11-year-old Mitali Padhi hugged her childhood friends to say goodbye, she felt a deep-seated foreboding. Read the...
NEW DELHI, India, Aug 26 (IPS) – Sania Farooqui is a journalist and filmmaker based out of New Delhi.“Sexual harassment is not about sexual...
The convergence of the COVID-19 pandemic with natural hazards, made worse by climate change, has reshaped and expanded the disaster “riskscape” in Asia and...
Climate solutions, changemakers, and celebrities: major UN podcast series launched
The UN launches No Denying It, a new 10-part climate action podcast, on Thursday, featuring interviews with inspiring young activists, and the voices of...
The next three months will be a critical period for stepping up global collective action against future pandemics, the head of the World Health...
A crisis of incredible proportions is unfolding in Afghanistan as conflict, combined with drought and COVID-19, is pushing Afghans into a humanitarian catastrophe, the...
With just 46 days until Iraq goes to the polls, the UN Assistance Mission for the country (UNAMI) is stepping up its communications to...
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