Economy

International trade statistics 2007

The publication describes world trade trends,and focusing on trade in merchandise and trade in commercial services.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
World Trade Organization
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Agriculture, Mining, Development, Trade, Transport, Exports, Imports, Asia, Europe, South America
Economy

Trade profiles 2007

This booklet is a quick source for national and trade statistics of WTO members and countries which are in the process of negotiating WTO membership.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
World Trade Organization
Tags:
Trade, Economic Development, Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, Statistics
Agriculture

International conference on organic agriculture and food security: 3-5 May 2007, FAO, Italy

Access to food involves entitlements for producing or acquiring food, which are discussed in this paper under three main headings: access to productive natural resources including land, water, agrofor

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
FAO
Tags:
Agriculture, Genetic Resources, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Africa, Asia, South America, India, Food Security
Forests

Do trees grow on money? the implications of deforestation research for policies to promote REDD

This report summarizes the key drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, and the key policy options available to reduce the resulting carbon emissions. It reviews current deforestation rates and the associated issues related to monitoring forest-based carbon emissions and establishing baselines. The findings of research into the direct and underlying causes of deforestation and degradation provide a basis for outlining REDD policy options, while highlighting the associated challenges.

Publication Date: 
Dec 2006
Markku Kanninen, Daniel Murdiyarso, Frances Seymour
Center for International Forestry Research
Tags:
Forest Policy, Forest Research, Deforestation, Climate Change, Carbon Sequestration, Africa, Asia, South America
Climate Change

 Phytoplankton influences cloud formation

scientists hold phytoplankton responsible for the increase in cloud cover off the eastern coast of South America and say that this may have a bearing on climate. Researchers said that that airborne

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
Archita Bhatta
Down to Earth
Tags:
Climate Change, Research, South America
India

 NEWS SNIPPETS

• A British television channel has been criticised as "irresponsible' for making a drama in which US President George Bush is assassinated. Death of a President, on More4, uses actors and

Publication Date: 
29/09/2006
Down to Earth
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Media, TV, Press, War, Politics, United Kingdom (UK), United States Of America (US), South America
Water Resources

 Water mark

using gadgets available on three satellites, scientists at the us National Aeronautics and Space Administration (nasa) have measured the complete water cycle of an entire continent

Publication Date: 
14/08/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Resources, Geology, Space Technology, South America, NASA
Industry

 Columbian tribe ready to join the world

About 80 members of the remote Nukak-Maku tribe of Colombia recently wandered out of the Amazon forests and set up camp in the southern part of the country, declaring themselves ready to join the

Publication Date: 
29/06/2006
Down to Earth
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Amazon, Nomads, Tribals, South America, Colombia
Poverty

Social protection the role of cash transfers

This report highlights the importance of social protection in the struggle against global poverty. Social protection aims to enhance the capacity of poor and vulnerable persons to manage economic and social risks, such as unemployment, sickness, disability and old age.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2006
International Poverty Centre
Tags:
Economy, Poverty, Finance, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Africa, South Africa, Education, India, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Panchayats, Right To Information (RTI), Bangladesh, South America
Animal Care

 Alter ego

Bolivian President Evo Morales recently signed a pact with the heads of Cuba and Venezuela in Havana to endorse a trade alternative to the us- backed free trade. Bolivia joined the group

Publication Date: 
30/05/2006
Down to Earth
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Trade, South America, Venezuela

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