Natural Resources
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Ecuador's mining decree: A cautious victory for communities
Communities and organizations opposed to large scale metallic mining in Ecuador are calling the new mining decree passed by the National Constituent Assembly a win for their movement.
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Natural Resources
- Thu Apr 24 2008
Privatization of water, health renders MDGs unattainable, says civil society
Civil Society groups participating in the ongoing UNCTAD XII conference in Accra have kicked against the privatization of water and health services.
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Natural Resources
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Oxfam America and ECOWAS to create new mining code
Oxfam America and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) agreed on April 4, 2008 to collaborate on creating a common mining code for all of West Africa.
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Natural Resources
- Fri Apr 18 2008
Coke's liabilities increase in India, shareholders told
Coca-Cola shareholders should be extremely concerned that the Coca-Cola company continues to increase its liabilities in India by engaging in unethical practices, shareholders were told at the Coca-Cola annual general meeting.
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Natural Resources
- Wed Apr 02 2008
Canada foils UN water plan
Canada emerged as the pivotal nation behind recent manoeuvres to block the United Nations Human Rights Council from recognizing water as a basic human right, according to international observers.
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Natural Resources
- Fri Feb 01 2008
Brazil unable to curb Amazon destruction
Brazil's government is unwilling and unable to halt destruction in the Amazon rainforest despite emergency measures it announced last week to curb rising deforestation, environmental experts say.
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Natural Resources
- Thu Jan 24 2008
Davos elites must listen
World leaders must listen to citizens from around the globe taking part in the 2008 'Day of Action' of the World Social Forum to protest against the flawed corporate-driven globalisation model embodied by the World Economic Forum says Friends of the Earth International that is planning a 'counter-event', known as the 'Public Eye Awards'.
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Natural Resources
- Tue Jan 22 2008
Coca-Cola asked to shut plant in India
In a major blow to the Coca-Cola company in India, a report by its ally, the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), has called for the closure of one of its bottling plants in India - in the village of Kala Dera in the state of Rajasthan citing the widespread water shortages being experienced by villages around Coca-Cola's bottling plant.
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Sustainable Development
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- Fri Jan 18 2008
Tourism at the end of the world
"Hurry! Hurry! See the polar bears, penguins, Arctic glaciers, small pacific islands before they disappear forever due to global warming" Tourism companies are now using climate change as a marketing tool.
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Natural Resources
- Fri Dec 14 2007
Bali declaration on International Financial Institutions
"We, debt and development activists from different social movements and non-government organizations from Asia-Pacific join the growing calls of the international community to decisively address the paramount issue of climate change" says the declaration.
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