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As Global Demand for Gold Grows, UN Mercury Head Warns Toxic Fumes Put Women in a Motherhood Dilemma

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, June 5 (IPS) - Ask any woman miner in the Katoro goldfield in Tanzania’s northern Geita region, and...

PERU: ‘For 20 Years, Voters Have Had to Choose the Lesser of Two Evils’

CIVICUS discusses the outlook ahead of Peru’s runoff presidential election with David Hidalgo, journalist and executive director of OjoPúblico, a...

At GEF’s Eighth Assembly, Uzbekistan Signals New Role as Donor

SAMARKAND, June 4 (IPS) - In a significant policy shift symbolising rising environmental ambition, Uzbekistan on Thursday announced that it...

From War Zones to Global Environment Talks, Communities Seek Faster Green Finance

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, June 4 (IPS) - For three decades, Iffat Rachid Edriss walked Lebanon’s coastline with a clear purpose: protecting...

What the Sino-Russian Declaration Exposes

The joint declaration issued by Russia and China on 20 May, Joint Declaration of the Russian Federation and the People’s...