Badan Pengelola Daerah Aliran Sungai dan Lingkungan Hidup (BPDASLH) Agam Kuantan bersama Organisasi Aksi Solidaritas Era (OASE) Kabinet Kerja menanam lima ribu batang pohon mangrove di Pantai Tiram, Kecamatan Ulakan Tapakis, …
Read MoreANTARA – Satu lagi warga Kabupaten Kotawaringin Timur, Kalimantan Tengah, ditetapkan menjadi tersangka pembakar lahan. Namun karena usianya sudah sangat sepuh, Polsek Ketapan tidak menahannya di tahanan. (Redianto Tumon/Sandi …
Read MoreMenteri PUPR mengatakan, belanja infrastruktur harus berkualitas dan mendukung pertumbuhan ekonomi nasional
Read MoreJul 9, 2019 In the News Do climate fluctuations affect global crop yields? (ANI) Climate Change Asian News International (ANI) reported on the findings of a new study on the impact of climate fluctuations on global crop yields. The article described the key findings of the study, including projected variability in […]
Read MoreSource: European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Country: Ukraine The assistance includes essential support such as healthcare, shelter repairs, water, cash transfers and Education in Emergencies projects. This brings the total to €133.8 million. At the 21st EU-Ukraine Summit in Kyiv, the European Union and […]
Read MoreSource: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: South Sudan Eight years ago, South Sudan became the world’s youngest nation. Today UNHCR is appealing to its leaders to hasten efforts to end what has become Africa’s largest displacement crisis. This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Charlie […]
Read MoreBy Luis Felipe López-CalvaUNITED NATIONS, Jul 9 2019 (IPS) Transparency is a critical element of making governance more effective. By making information available, it creates a foundation for greater accountability to citizens. In recent decades, transparency has been on the rise across Latin America and the Caribbean. According to data […]
Read MoreBy Jomo Kwame SundaramKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jul 9 2019 (IPS) For decades, the two Bretton Woods institutions have rejected the contribution of industrial policy (IP), or government investment and technology promotion efforts, in accelerating and sustaining growth, industrialization and structural transformation. Finally, two International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff members, Reda […]
Read MoreBy Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM / ROME, Jul 9 2019 (IPS) The Libyan catastrophe and the suffering of ”illegal” migrants are generally depicted as fairly recent events, though they are actually the results of a long history of greed, contempt for others and fatal shortsightedness. Like former Yugoslavia, Libya was created from […]
Read MoreSandton Gautrain Station in Johannesburg, South Africa. By Finbarr ToeslandUNITED NATIONS, Jul 9 2019 (IPS) Megacities, cities with a population of at least 10 million, are sprouting everywhere in Africa. Cairo in Egypt, Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Lagos in Nigeria are already megacities, while […]
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